Feature of the Week
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Youths fight abortion law
When the police in Nkhotakota detained a 19-year-old girl for abortion in March, some young women in Balaka farmed out…
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Water pump theft worry midwives
Mary Khobiri, a nurse-cum-midwife at Mangamba Health Centre in Machinga, harbours the joy of hearing a baby crying in a…
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Covid vaccine sparks hope, hesitancy
The most stressful day for physiotherapist Duncan Banda was when a Covid-19 field hospital in Lilongwe ran out of oxygen…
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When leaders are called to serve
Having watched how people struggle to make ends meet in the area of Senior Chief Mwakaboko in Karonga district, coupled…
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Tobacco smoked out, potatoes inch in
For ages, tobacco has been touted as Malawi’s main foreign exchange earner, but speaking when he opened this year’s tobacco…
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Irrigation for sustainable development
Eton Misiti, a farmer in Thyolo, happily tends to an irrigated plot where he grows maize, beans, Irish potatoes, tomatoes…
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Auto services banish dobadobas
Long queues, a buzzing band of brokers running errands for illicit fees and unexplained low revenue have become familiar headaches…
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Sanitising Zomba with contest
Walking around villages such as Mbembecha, Lambulira and Malunga in Senior Chief Chikowi’s area in Zomba, you find mocking words.…
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Throwing the ultra poor into cruel darkness
Jester Mwale, from Kansonga Trading Centre in Ntchisi District has never lived in an electrified house. He only has that…
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Pads for menstrual equality
A 20-year-old student disguised as Grace was jeered by her classmates when she menstruated in class at Kaliyeka Secondary School…
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