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PP chooses candidate for Mzuzu mayoral position
Done and dusted. Musongwe Ward councillor Judith Chiumia has confirmed a deal cemented by People’s Party (PP) councillors to elect…
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MP calls for special development fund
Mzuzu City Member of Parliament (MP) has asked government to set up a special development fund for the city “underfunded…
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Tiwonge, the unique coach
Good people, Malawian music has a special coach and his students call him Mourinho. The namesake of Chelsea Football Club…
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National News
M’mbelwa V installation October 4
The guessing is over. Ngoni chiefs have confirmed that Mkhosi Jere will be crowned Inkosi ya Makosi M’mbelwa V at…
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Guest Spot
Guest Spot Chimunthu Banda: ‘Speaker must be impartial’
With the newly elected members of Parliament (MPs) sworn in, I ask former Speaker Henry Chimunthu-Banda to outline qualities the…
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Why Kalitera, why?
Good people, the best of the times can be the worst of the times. The dichotomy of Charles Dickens’ Tale…
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Health
Reformed TBAs key to maternal health
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAS) have moved from banned killers to a lifeline for women and children far from quality health…
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Editors Pick
Chiefs threaten to close mine
Traditional leaders in Karonga have threatened to shut down Eland Coal Mine within “two or three weeks” if the company…
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Development
Towards resilient cities
Mzuzu catastrophe exposes gaps in disaster management plans that tend to focus on rural settings only. Tiwonge Ngwira, a charcoal…
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Feature of the Week
Ungweru’s light to needy communities
Rose Mkandawire, 56, has struggled to raise nine children since her husband died in 1988. To cope with her situation,…
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Copy & paste ads
Good people, did originality die the day television advertisement came to Malawi? It appears lack of regulation and plagiarism are…
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Development
Seed banks cement community resilience
Having seeds at arm’s length reinforces rural development amid devastating effects of climate change. JAMES CHAVULA writes. It is said…
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Editors Pick
Chimunthu, Goodall speak on fall of veterans
Former speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda has described as a blow to institutional memory, the increasing number of veteran…
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Development
Mtwalo families on the rise
An elevated house of goats is standing in front of two grass-thatched huts. The small one is a kitchen with…
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Editors Pick
No incident as Mzuzu welcomes Peter
There was calm and sporadic excitement in Mzuzu as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Peter Mutharika succeeded People’s Party (PP)…
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Unofficially confused, officially thankful
Good people, it is almost official that everything around us has been unofficial since May 20 tripartite polls. Whatever they…
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PP vice-president excited with parliamentary victory
Newly appointed People’s Party (PP) vice-president Harry Mkandawire says he is very excited at finally going to Parliament after three…
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Chichewa
14-year-old wins NBS Bank promo in Mzuzu
A Standard Seven girl in Mzuzu has won a plasma television in NBS Bank Zaphweka Promotion spanning from February to…
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Goodbye class of ’09-14
Good people, Kamuzu Day came, vanished and Malawi is still a democracy as she were in June 1993 when we…
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Health
Towards girls’ inclusion in sciences
Last month, science and mathematics teachers had a refresher course at Mzimba Secondary School to bolster their skills. Although government…
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