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Feature
Politics of empty stomachs
In 2018, Parliament outlawed the gifts politicians dish out to buy votes. The lawmakers wanted those with hidden agendas to…
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Feature
‘We are all mad here’
Madness is not just about abandoned persons seen carrying filthy bundles or sleeping in dumps in marketplaces, but also honourables…
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Development
Escom’s dark island in Chileka
Not long ago, planeloads of visitors touching down at Bakili Muluzi International Airport in Chileka Township, Blantyre City, thought they…
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Environment
Data drives air quality control
Policymakers are working on clean air rules to combat one of Malawi’s top five health threats, thanks to emerging data.…
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Environment
Raids on illegal miners reveal an ignored vacuum
Malawi’s knee-jerk war on illegal mining has revealed what was already obvious to most but apparently not to those who…
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Development
A widow’s cry for justice
Who polices the courts? President Peter Mutharika asked Parliament in 2020. “Everyone must account to someone,” he said. A 75-year-old…
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Front Page
Giving girls skills for good
At 25, she gets grease under her fingernails and sweat gullies her face as she bends over an engine, turning…
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Environment
Gold rush endangers wildlife
Malawi’s wildlife is surging and conservationists use contraceptive jabs to keep predators under control, but illegal mining threatens animal sanctuaries…
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National News
Baby making outrun housing
What do you do when you find yourself stuck in the middle of a fierce race, unknowingly backsliding to the…
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Development
‘Skills know no gender’
For Jennie Kuyenda of Blantyre, her ambition is neither an opinion poll nor a gender test. She does not care…
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