Feature of the Week
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Millions more as NSO prepares to count
By September 2028, Malawi will once again take stock of its people and homes to reveal how the nation has…
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Lessons from Cashgate
Malawi’s Cashgate scandal exposed in September 2013 is often remembered as an institutional failure, but anti-corruption systems fail when the…
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Fear and rejection: The life of a lesbian
At 11, Blantyre-based Monica suspected that she was gay. She liked girls more than men. But she was not sure.…
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When watchdogs become lapdogs:
The struggle between successive governments and civil society is neither recent nor confined to one political administration. From the final…
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Ansah breaks the silence
First Vice-President Jane Ansah appears to be crawling out of her cocoon amid a purported fallout with President Peter Mutharika.…
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Waning respect for bodily autonomy? 62 years later
Malawi attained independence from British colonial rule on July 6 1964, clocking 62 years of that self-rule that year. Independence…
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Before dawn, they queued for democracy
At 4am, while most people were still asleep, 78-year-old Grace Namate was already making her way to Mbanila Polling Centre…
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An ode to generational talents
It is two years since the military plane crash in the Viphya Plantation killed then vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight…
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Nice becomes a regional attraction
Malawi has witnessed the mushrooming of civic education institutions, but the National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice). The public trust…
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palsy get some boost
When American actor Geri Jewell was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at just 18 months old, few could have imagined that…
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