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Kunkuyu is right, but…
Good people, new Minister of Tourism and Culture Moses Kunkuyu’s sermon on rampant piracy and dilapidated Blantyre Cultural Centre could…
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Telling our stories
Good people, not all is doom and gloom in our Malawi which has been mercilessly ransacked by a mafia-like syndicate…
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44 parties want your vote, but…
They cheat, scramble for votes, hijack multimillion kwacha business contracts and seemingly nest above the law. They are feared and…
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Development
Children in adults’ rites
When the first HIV infection was discovered nearly 30 years ago, chinamwali was sacred—too good for seven-year-olds. Yao adolescents used…
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DJs: the good and the great
Art lovers, disk jockeying is serious business. Save for their funny names—Pink Panther, Dude the Smasher, Mbuzi, Ng’awuuu—the souls on…
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Mallick rebrands to Mr 265
Call him Mr 265. The man Malawians have known as DJ Mallick for years has restyled his name to mirror…
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Dan Lu sings JB praise
Afro-pop musician Dan Lu has joined a lengthening list of artists singing praise of political rulers. Last week, the So What hitmaker,…
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No justice after consumer law
A customer is a king is an old song, but Malawians are usually treated as slaves or passive recipients by those…
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Indifference is a death threat
Art lovers, my job is not without life-threatening risks. Absurdly, two recycled comedians from a State-sponsored ensemble found it newsworthy…
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Development
Relooking at education for all
For decades, Makande Primary School has been a lifeline for children with visual impairments. Its resource centre for the blind…
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Development
Courier amid physical address woes
Courier firms are cashing in on gaps left by the one-time monopoly, Malawi Posts Corporation. But the country’s blurry physical…
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Feature of the Week
Confronting a silent crisis
The country’s Muslim leaders resolved two years ago to make HIV issues a religious agenda amid global strides in getting…
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Entertainment News
Billy Kaunda sings again
Billy Kaunda has announced his return to singing ways with Kapolo Wa Moyo; JAMES CHAVULA runs the rule over the…
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Arts no aside
Art lovers, my lamentations of the country’s abhorrently prosy poetry have irked the kindred I love heartily—the poets. Comparing the…
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Chill
Billy releases new album, denies betraying artists
Mzimba West member of Parliament Billy Kaunda has ended his three-year of strictly politics—releasing three singles from his upcoming Kapolo…
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Editors Pick
No to JB’s press rallies
Malawi President Joyce Banda’s rally-like press conferences show her lack of sophistication and respect for press freedom. For her followers,…
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Culture
Mpale’s smoky fire-fighting tactics
Fire that gutted Mpale was stoppable, but the accident is a necessary lesson. For two years, Mpale Cultural Village in…
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Business News
FDH sponsors three CoM students
FDH Bank has sponsored three needy first-year students at College of Medicine (CoM) with tuition fees and upkeep allowances to…
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Editors Pick
Girls’ future blurred by poor education prospects
As the world commemorated International Day of the Gild Child today, I look at the stumbling blocks that girls in…
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Entertainment News
Limpopo megashow pushed to next week
Black Missionaries’ tour of South Africa might have forced Club Limpopo to delay its first ever show, but revellers should…
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