Development
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Tax ‘court’ fails gender test
The all-male Revenue Appeals Tribunal puts the tax justice ‘court’ on trial and it is guilty as if can get…
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Erratic rain makes local varieties cool
Emily Sanjira and her family have been struggling with hunger as hybrid maize varieties keep failing under harsh weather in…
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Making cotton great again
Once upon a time a crop that supported thousands of smallholder farmers in Malawi, cotton has declined over the years…
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How theft inspired a certified energy fix
A farmer wakes to loud silence. Not the quiet of a rural morning, but the absence of something that had…
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When children inherit illiteracy
It is a sweltering afternoon in Kafulatira Village, Traditional Authority Chimutu in Dowa District, where an illegal gold mining site…
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From survival to stability
Rebecca Kayange, 41, of Udonda Village, Traditional Authority Kameme in Chitipa District, has found her steps from poverty to self-reliance…
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Cholera meets polio in Jomo city
In Blantyre, a man who lived skint on dirty streets has become a mayor the city was probably waiting for.…
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Initiative boosts farmers’ output
A youthful couple of Braveson Chithope, 28, and Lezina Keliasi, 25, from Kumitengo Village, in Senior Chief Kalumbu in Lilongwe…
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Rain harvesting gives hope amid dry spells
Under a blazing sun, maize fields in Kasoni Village west of Malawi’s capital city, Lilongwe, remain green despite dry spells.…
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Youths on the bike to 2030
At exactly 5.30am, before most shops open their shutters, the engines begin to growl at Soche Quarry in Blantyre. Young…
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