2019 polls demand innovative campaign strategies
The time is here. Yes, in just 10 days, the ignored dusty roads from Chitipa to Nsanje will once again...
Mr President, walk the talk on albino killings
Another one is gone. Yes, another person with albinism, Goodson aged 16, is still missing. There is anger in his...
By Chiwembe, villagers are living dangerously
In M’madi Village in Chiwembe Township in Blantyre, communities say they lost their sense of belonging to Malawi many years...
May 21 polls: Atola chikwama odutsa
They say musicians are soothsayers, the forecaster of the future or just prognosticators. Yes, for us on the streets, we...
Poisoning Limbe River: Minors carrying feaces
In the wake of intermittent water supply in cities and towns, residents especially those residing in flats at the hub...
Cycling 21km to work to inspire girls
On this Monday morning, the atmosphere in Chikwawa District was foggy and raining heavily, deterring many from accessing their workplaces....
Youthful politicians have also failed the electorate
While our fellow youths on the streets were busy on counters tasting every type of drink as part of the...
Politics of rage, rivalry and intimidation
Just four years ago, President Peter Mutharika and Vice-President Saulos Chilima were like father and son, and to many, it...
Gives us new politics, Mr VP
We on the streets have for a longtime agreed with many who say politics is a dirty game. Yes, if...
Lake Chilwa dries up with people’s hopes
Along the marshy Lake Chilwa wetlands in Zomba, Phalombe and Machinga districts, people’s hopes continue to fade by the...
Muloza CDSS a game changer
The past shapes the future. For Clement Majawa, the head teacher at Muloza Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in...
Malawi on track in cancer fight—Wocaca
Women Coalition Against Cancer (Wocaca) says Malawi has potential to become one of the African countries with an efficient...
Sorting out long walks to school
Three interventions—use of bicycles, self-boarding and boarding service provided by schools—seem to be too little a solution to long-walks to...
Let democracy prevail, leave all seats up for grabs
As the year 2018 comes to an end, among many other successes worth celebrating in Malawi is 25 years of...
No linear formula For political alliance
With barely six months to the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, the elections mood is getting hotter. Almost all political...
Towards zero open defaecation
As Malawi joins the world today in commemorating World Toilet Day, our reporter ALBERT SHARRA, analyses Malawi’s performance in...
Coping with long distance to access education
In this second part of the series, ALBERT SHARRA looks at how students and schools serving students living over 20...
Keep grudges from political podiums
There is a popular adage that goes: Ukamalimbana ndi chitsiru nawenso umakhala chitsiru (If you fight a stupid person, you...
Public hospitals in ambulance crisis
Public hospitals are facing an ambulance crisis that is crippling their emergency response and referral cases, forcing desperate households...
Long walk to school: Tales from rural areas
In 1999, Ministry of Education Science and Technology announced a revolutionary policy, which converted scores of Malawi Distance Education Centres...
