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National News
Qadria in HIV and Aids awareness campaign
Qadria Muslim Association of Malawi says it will continue encouraging men and boys to go for HIV self-testing amid the…
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Chiefs, CSOs decry medical drug theft
Chiefs and civil society organisations (CSOs) in Balaka have bemoaned the reported theft of medical drugs at the district’s hospital,…
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NGO wants women to unite against GBV
Non-Governmental Organisation-Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has asked women in Machinga to unite in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV). The…
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Apply gender laws—Ombudsman
Ombudsman Martha Chizuma says there is need to apply existing gender laws and deconstruct prevalent social and gender norms that…
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MPC bus accident claims one
One passenger died on Thursday after a Malawi Post Corporation (MPC) bus bound for Mzuzu overturned at Nsipe in Ntcheu…
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Business News
Ministry of Labour warns non-compliant mining firms
Ministry of Labour has threatened to close any mining firm contravening occupational safety and health standards to protect workers and…
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Business News
Pigeon pea farmers in seed multiplication drive
Nandolo Farmers Association of Malawi says shortage of hybrid seed on the market has affected the production of pigeon peas…
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EveryWoman
Christie banda: focese executive director
At just 28, Christie Banda is a cut above the rest in that it has always been her ambition to…
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Feature
Women in drive to end hunger
Balaka is largely a rain shadow area with mean annual rainfall amounting to a paltry 750mm making the district less…
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Editors Pick
Aisha Katita: Became doctor to beat the odds
Doctor Aisha Katita, Balaka District Hospital medical officer has experienced the all too familiar challenges most girls face in life…
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Feature of the Week
Securing adolescents’ future
Children at Masidi Primary School in Liwonde, Machinga are accustomed to seeing a fellow learner breastfeeding a three-month-old baby on…
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National News
Anglican Diocese ponders privatising 55 schools
Anglican Diocese of Upper Shire Bishop Brighton Malasa says the diocese will turn its 55 schools into private institutions if…
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Development
Women demand media visibility
Linda Mwapasa is the first woman in Balaka to be elected a ward councillor since the dawn of democracy in…
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Development
Boy who defied energy law
Many scientists grow up memorising time-honoured laws that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but only transformed from one…
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The Big Interview
Susan Chimbayo: Founder of Nandolo farmers association of Malawi
A pacesetter—that is how one can best describe Susan Chimbayo—Malawi’s own version of the Iron Lady. Her fierce determination and…
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Malape Pillars: Malawi’s unexploited treasure
Malape is a Yao term derived from the Chichewa word kulapa which means something startling or that which can take…
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Expectant school girls urged to sit exams
Development stakeholders in Likudzi Ward in Ntcheu South have urged over 117 Standard Eight girls who got pregnant during the…
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Dodma to restore services at Balaka District Hospital
Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) response and recovery director the Reverend Moses Chimphepo has said government is working to…
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K150m worth of property destroyed in Balaka hospital fire
About K150 million worth of property is estimated to have been destroyed in the fire that gutted Balaka district hospital…
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National News
Balaka district hospital up in flames
The 200 capacity Balaka district hospital has been partly gutted by fire completely burning the kitchen unit and the data…
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