Society
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Malawi music going astray
Music is a universal language. It has and remains the best way of communicating events, perceptions, facts and ideas…
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Malawian girls take blame for early marriages
Female students at St. Michael’s Community Day Secondary School in Traditional Authority Mwambo’s area in Zomba say not all girls…
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Committee fosters unity in Dowa
The National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Public Trust has lauded Dowa Central’s Multi-Party Constituency Committee (MPCC) for its efforts…
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Justice catches up with baby killer
By WYSON CHIPUTA GONDWE Her plan was simple: conceal her pregnancy, give birth in secret, strangle the baby and bury…
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Man jailed for stealing bibles
BY GIFT MATOLA CHIMULU Chintheche First Grade Magistrate Court in NKhata Bay on 18 May 2015 sentenced 35-year-old Kennedy Banda…
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Devil takes all the blame
When an intoxicated young man beats his father to the point that he loses an eye, what better excuse would…
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Zomba communities urged to own projects for sustainability
By ALFONSO MPIMA Communities in Zomba have been urged to take ownership of developmental projects implemented by government and different…
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Communities commend CHRR
BY MERCY MADZIAKAOLA Senior Chief Kuluunda of Salima has applauded the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) for bringing…
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Man arrested for defiling half-wit
Police in Ntchisi last week arrested 40-year-old Jossam Manda of Nthambalero Village, T/A Chikho in Ntchisi, for allegedly defiling an…
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Peacock Seeds Company distributes seeds
BY MERCY MADZIAKAOLA* Peacock Seed Company on Saturday donated hybrid maize seeds worth K1.6 million to farmers in Salima to…
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Don’t shun pre-parliament meetings—Nice
The National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice) Trust says it is concerned with reports that some Members of Parliament (MPs)…
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Sex education at church and school
Two weeks ago I published a column that said prevention campaigns that focus on abstinence and be faithful (the AB…
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Music muted in Mzuzu
On 25 April 2015, the normally reticent Mtebeti Wambali Mkandawire blew his top to stunned fans at a fundraising event…
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Telling kids they are living with HIV
How do you tell a child that they are living with HIV? In Namibia, a tool to help caregivers and…
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What or who?
I recently watched a scary video of an emergency landing in Brazil of an Avianca Airlines jet earlier this year.…
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Unmasking inner fear
The story is told of a wise man who met Death walking towards a certain village. “Where are you going?”…
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Do xenophobic attacks mirror mfecane?
Calamity of a huge magnitude struck South Africa in the early 1820s. The cataclysm termed as ‘Mfecane’ (the crushing) by…
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Abstinence, faithfulness programmes not effective
I must apologise this is now two weeks in a row that I have failed to deliver original content for…
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What week days do you seek information?
I have shamelessly copied but with attribution, bits out of a recent press release by John Hopkins University (JHU)…
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Emcees fight for territory
The increase in a number of masters of ceremonies (MCs) for events such as weddings, engagements, and bridal showers…
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