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Education
Desks brighten learners’ dreams
For decades, residents of Ndirande, the most populous township in Blantyre City, were worried about overcrowding in the nearest schools.…
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Feature
Silent box gives learners a say in school affairs
Two things catch visitors’ eyes at Kapila Primary School in Salima District, a suggestion box in an open playground and…
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Development
Making vaccines work
Linda Edward, 23, from Sitima Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mulumbe, in Zomba District, refuses to gamble with her life. One…
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Feature
Mentors keep children in schools
At 16, Ruth Phiri dreams of becoming a lawyer to protect the rights of women and children. “I envy their…
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Feature
Life savers take disrupted services to disaster zones
It is 9am and a forming crowd perching in tree shades at Dulasanje Health Post in Chikwawa is waiting for…
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Entertainment News
Stray to Crocodile Farm
It’s 10am in Salima Town along Lake Malawi. The sun is high and sweltering, a typical summertime along Africa’s third-largest…
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Feature
Man who saved Majete
A wildlife reserve where nearly all animals had been hunted out has become Malawi’s sole home of the Big Five—…
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Environment
‘They did not die in vain’
At Majete Wildlife Reserve in Chikwawa District, Tizola Moyo has seen game rangers killed by the animals they guard and…
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Education
Wakisa enjoys PLSCE stardom
21 Wakisa Ngosi, a 13-year-old boy raised by a widow, has come second in this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate…
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Business News
Sky Energy moves to pioneer electric vehicles
Sky Energy Africa, a local renewable energy start-up launched by 33-year-old entrepreneur Schizzo Thomson, is set to become the first…
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Health
‘Every birth-related death tells a story’
Flossie Maloya could not wait to have her first baby at Chikwawa District Hospital in May, but she needed a…
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Feature of the Week
Village clinics ease nutrition care
Two months ago, Gladys Ojezi walked at least 15 kilometres(km) to Mkumba Health Centre in Mangochi when her two-year-old baby…
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Development
My certificate says: ‘Hands off our land’
For Mary Dansa, the land around her house near Chinseu Trading Centre, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlumbe in Zomba, is almost…
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Education
Girls on scholarships dream again
When Ellen Tembo was selected to Mpatsa Community Day Secondary School in Nsanje, it was bittersweet for her widowed mother.…
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Q & A
MEC unpacks new strategy
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) launches its five-year Strategic Plan and the 2025 General Election Operational Plan on Friday, 11 August…
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Development
Mwandama dreams big
Mwandama in Zomba is engulfed by tobacco and coffee estates owned by city-based barons, but groundnuts and soya are widely…
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Education
Hostel opens newpossibilities for girls
Writings on the wall welcome visitors to Mpatsa Community Day Secondary School’s new girls hostel in Nsanje. “Make child protection…
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Feature
Chief fights malnutrition
In 2010, Ainess Benard, 45, became the first woman to be enthroned as Traditional Authority (TA) Mpunga in Chiradzulu District.…
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Development
Cyclone survivors’ grief as aid wanes
In March, Cyclone Freddy dumped floods across Malawi’s Southern Region, disrupting the livelihoods of nearly 2.2 million people. Marita Chingamuka…
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Health
Volunteers tackle nutrition myths
Pilirani Kachimanga, 39, grew up hearing that eggs are hazardous for pregnant women and lactating mothers. During her first pregnancy…
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