Development
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Love gone wrong
In September 2010, Malawi was shaken with a story of how Linda Gasa, a pregnant 25-year-old Zimbabwean, student at…
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Going solar to save lives
Nearly 20 women wait to give birth at Mulanje Mission Hospital every day. Three years ago, giving birth at…
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Marriage no child’s play
At 17, Samatha Mwase is a mother of a three-year-old. She married a fisherman at 14 when she was in…
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Craving for clean water
Imagine your child telling you that during break at school, he or she went with friends to a nearby stream…
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Gays dying to conform
Sexual minorities are living risky double life to conform to societal expectations, our contributor MERCY CHILONGO writes. Call him Watipaso…
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Girls’ strides in sci-tech
In July, Rebecca Mzungu and Shreya Thakrar represented Malawi at the Global Robotics Competition in Washington DC, United States, where…
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Ending hunger with solar
Solar power could be an ignored game-changer as poor farmers in Malawi are grappling with drought and other effects…
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Breaking traditional barriers in fighting HIV
It is three hours to sunset, but the long queue to the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) surgical room…
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Street vending nightmare
At one time, Mzuzu was one of the cleanest cities in the country. Not anymore today. The city has almost…
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Power of adult literacy
To some, the saying if you think education is expensive try ignorance is just one of those sayings, but through…
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