Flames coach Meke Mwase has justified playing Lesotho’s Likuena (Crocodiles) as sparring partners in two international friendly matches on Friday and Sunday in Maseru, Lesotho ahead of next month’s African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers. The tactician said the 137-ranked Likuena was the only team that responded positively to a request to host the Flames…
JOSEPH SCOTT
Hunger fuels forced marriages
Mangochi, a shoreline district, is the country’s top tourist hotspot. The sprawling mountain ranges, flat grasslands dotted with baobab trees and the palm-fringed shores of picturesque Lake Malawi present breathtaking views. But beneath this beauty lies a tradition that has, for years, deprived girls a chance to pursue their dreams as they are married…
Ma Queens adyamo mu South Africa
Zatheka basi! Tikamati timu ya ntchemberembaye ya dziko lino ndi mizwanya mu Africa muno si tchetera, ayi. Izi zaoneka poyera ku Sydney, Australia Lachisanu kumbandakucha pomwe Malawi Queens, yomwe yakhala ikuthambitsidwa ndi timu ya South Africa kasanu konse kuyambira 2011, idachita zakupsa pochinya amaliwongowo ndi zigoli 58 kwa 51. Umutu ndi mumpikisano wa mpira wamanja…
Empowering communities to achieve beyond dreams
In other places, heroes are said to be born, but in Kafumbo Village in Dowa District, Central part of Malawi, they are made. Tucked in the heart of this tobacco growing district, Kafumbo has a new ‘hero’, Lengezani Nguluwe, a farmer who refuses to let his dreams get shattered by his environment. The 50 year-old…
Keeping children away from streets with goats
It has been over 10 years since Patuma Yasini made a daring but dangerous decision to escape her aunt’s brutal treatment—seeking refuge in the streets of Limbe. Patuma, who had gone for a holiday visit at her aunt’s place in Machinjiri, Blantyre, recalls that she would do all house chores while the other children played,…
