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Feature
Giving prisoners hope after jail
Dembe Mahala walks free next month, ending a nine-year jail term at Chichiri Prison in Blantyre. To him, the sentence…
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Q & A
Taming costly fires
Recently, Lilongwe Market went up in flames. This is just one episode in a seemingly endless story of market fires…
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Editors Pick
Govt warns Zomba-Phalombe-Chitakale Road contractor
Government has warned United Gulf Construction Co (Ungcc) and Fargo Limited, a joint venture working on the Zomba-Jali-Phalombe-Chitakale Road, against…
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Feature
Floods water silent border spat
Malawians in Makhanga, Osiyana and surrounding communities face deepening frustration and uncertainties as floods that ripped the northern part…
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Development
Right to food suffers in jail
When it comes to the right to food in the country’s overcrowded prisons, most Malawians, especially decision makers, do…
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Feature
Cracking prisons food puzzle
The country’s prisons have the capacity to feed themselves, but the road to self-sufficiency appears long, constricted and elusive.…
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Front Page
Kamuzu Barrage contractor misses deadline
The construction works to upgrade the Kamuzu Barrage Bridge at Liwonde in Machinga is set to miss the deadline by…
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Q & A
Making justice cheaper
Recently, Parliament passed the Courts (Amendment) Act, which brings some changes in the operations of the High Court. Our Reporter…
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Front Page
‘Prisons can feed themselves’
The Malawi Prison Service (MPS) has said it is still hopeful that it has the capacity to feed its inmates…
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Feature
Malosa’s tasty cassava flour
Rodwell Simon was out in his half-hectare cassava field when we met in Yoyola Village near Malosa, Zomba. The…
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Feature
Holes in WUAs management
In the vastness of Blantyre City’s peri-urban areas, it is clear that lack of access to water supply facilities…
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Development
Waiting to drink from taps
In this 21st Century, some villagers still wait for that day to see running taps. ALBERT SHARRA writes. On a…
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National News
Saving environment with cow dung
In Chikwawa and Nsanje, herds of cattle are all over the place. In these Shire Valley districts, the animals…
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Society
Fare ye well Zacharia
They say artists foresee death. It seems so did stage play and movie actor Jacobs Mwase, alias Zacharia, who on…
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Entertainment News
Sun sets on actor Jacobs Mwase
Painful moments continue to haunt the entertainment industry where, after losing sensational gospel music icon Grace Chinga in March…
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Q & A
‘Things must change’
Last week, Moses Kunkuyu, who served as minister of information during Joyce Banda’s presidency, launched Transformation Alliance (TA). ALBERT SHARRA…
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Q & A
‘Things must change’
Last week, Moses Kunkuyu, who served as minister of information during Joyce Banda’s presidency, launched Transformation Alliance (TA). ALBERT…
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Q & A
‘I am not intimidated’
Rumphi East Member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua claims he has been living in fear since President Peter Mutharika…
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Feature
Locust attack dashes hungry farmers’ hopes
For owners of crop fields attacked by red locust in Nsanje, surviving the prevailing hunger just got tougher. “They…
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National News
Delay in opening Admarc depots tactical—Chaponda
Despite prevailing scarcity of maize and the increase in the grain’s prices on the market, government has said it…
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