Development
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Can batteries keep lights on?
When Cyclone Ana ripped through Southern Malawi in 2022, floods buried hydropower stations in mud, knocked down transmission lines and…
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When betting odds hurt
The allure of easy money is rigged against unquestioning Malawians who mortgage their earnings, pensions, relationships, reputations, lives and jobs,…
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The Economics of Solidarity: Why Social Stability is Africa’s Greatest Investment Risk
As Africa positions itself as the world’s next major growth frontier, social stability has emerged as a defining determinant of…
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Farm lessons from China
Like many Malawians, Veronica Kamkwamba has grown up using a hoe on her 1.6 hectare field in Kasungu District, but…
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Zomba’s kabaza revolution
Our Senior News Analyst NTCHINDI MEKI reports how motorcycle riders police each other in Malawi’s colonial capital. Zomba. Not log…
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‘I dont regret a penny’
Like legendary Malawian musician Giddes Chalamanda, Oscar Singini grew up longing to go to the US. The 32-year-old realised the…
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Jacaranda expands physiotherapy clinic
It is not easy to raise a child with special needs. Malawi’s health, education and social welfare structures remain ill-equipped…
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Escom’s dark island in Chileka
Not long ago, planeloads of visitors touching down at Bakili Muluzi International Airport in Chileka Township, Blantyre City, thought they…
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A widow’s cry for justice
Who polices the courts? President Peter Mutharika asked Parliament in 2020. “Everyone must account to someone,” he said. A 75-year-old…
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‘Skills know no gender’
For Jennie Kuyenda of Blantyre, her ambition is neither an opinion poll nor a gender test. She does not care…
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