Development

Searching for cities without slums

With rural-urban migration on the increase in Malawi, eventually, worsening levels of slums in the cities, can Malawi ever achieve…

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Revamping tourism sector: Lessons from Majete

The hour of triumph is always hidden in moments of crisis. By 2003, Majete Game Reserve—a 700 km² jungle which…

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Should sign language be compulsory?

South Africa’s first black leader Nelson Mandela is right on a number of things. And he was right again when…

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Perils of educating a deaf child

Mount View, a learning institution for the deaf, lies about five kilometres from Bvumbe Market in Thyolo. At first glance,…

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Healing Malawi’s limping tourism

There is some good news about tourism from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. Chrissie Chiumia, the ministry’s spokesperson, says…

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Are youth friendly services friendly?

Turn up the love, condomise! Love yourself, condomise! Live, love, condomise! These are just some of the messages displayed during…

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Mulanje: A miracle in danger

Last year, Mulanje District Hospital won a national award in recognition of quality delivery of HIV and Aids services. However,…

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Trapping mosquitoes with sugar

It was in Standard Four at St. Andrews High School in Blantyre that the now 15-year-old Joshua Mwanda was introduced…

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Is there hope for Malawi dwindling fish stocks?

Chambo—one of the 1 000 species in Lake Malawi—is exclusively found in Malawi. This is why Lake Malawi, in 1984,…

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Are fish stocks really dwindling?

Marcel Kroese, a researcher with the European Union Smartfish programme, told The Nation two months ago that Malawi has over…

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