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Feature of the Week
Lessons from Zanzibar
Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island has been struggling with drowning over the years. The figures are alarming. The island with a population…
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Feature of the Week
Teaching children survival swimming
Every Saturday Lunia Bandawe, a resident of Chiwembe Township in Blantyre takes her children for swimming lessons at a hotel…
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Feature
Silent crisis in the water
Malawi is endowed with the 365-kilometre-long Lake Malawi—the world’s third largest freshwater lake. The country is also blessed with other…
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National News
Drowning deaths ranked third globally
The World Conference on Drowning Prevention opened on Tuesday in Durban, South Africa with a call for action to scale…
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Front Page
Chinese business captain for good working conditions
Chairman of home appliance manufacturer Guangdong Galanz Group Company Limited, Leung Chiu Yin has stressed the need for humane working…
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Business News
‘Electricity foundation for development’
Chinese energy supply giant, China Resources Group vice-general manager Lin Quiyang has said energy is the foundation for development. Speaking…
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National News
Malawi faces 50% blood deficit
The healthcare system in Malawi is facing a 50 percent blood deficit, Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) project coordinator Nancy…
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Feature
School children at risk
About three decades ago, a Sunday School fun train ride from Limbe to Liwonde ended prematurely when a child on…
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National News
Government opens Pandora’s Box
Whatever reason the Mutharika administration had for promoting 20 000 teachers and 7 000 police officers weeks before elections, has…
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Feature
Solving many problems with few chickens
The chicken is an important part of the household. A chicken dish is the highest honour a guest gets on…
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National News
Kalibu in K10m relief programme
Blantyre-based Kalibu Ministries and Kalibu Academy on Sunday rolled out a K10 million relief effort to Shire Valley flood victims.…
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Business
Mudi Sacco reports a K46m surplus
Mudi Sacco Limited on Saturday reported a K46.6 million surplus for the year ended December 31 2018, which is a…
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National News
Likhubula water project ready in two weeks
The $23.5 million (about K17.6 billion) Water Supply System Project that seeks to increase water supply to Blantyre City will…
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National News
Disaster relief, recovery requires K12bn
Malawi needs about K12 billion to assist people affected by floods in 17 districts which President Peter Mutharika declared a…
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Entertainment News
SAIntS holds The Hamilton show
Saint Andrew’s International School (SAIntS) last week held The Hamilton, a theatrical and musical performance about the life of Alexander…
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Business News
Minister calls for local resource utilisation
Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Francis Kasaila has urged construction firms in the country to use local resources in…
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Business News
Malawi’s long wait for glitz and glamour
One morning in early 2000, a heavily bearded man announced to journalists gathered at the Central Office of Information then…
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National News
Climate-smart agriculture, solution to climate change—Experts
Climate-smart agriculture is one of the reliable solutions to climate change, an agricultural expert and a farmers representative have said.…
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National News
‘Deal with climate change or it will deal with you’
Climate Change is real and not fake news. You either deal with it or it will deal with you. This…
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Feature
Enter silent wildlife killer
While guards armed with rifles patrol protected wildlife reserves against poachers, a neglected enemy is silently sneaking into these…
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