Feature of the Week
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Brothers without borders
When Zambians and Malawians meet, they call each other achimwene or baneba—brothers split by a colonial divide. This is not…
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Group cash transfers for disaster preparedness
Florida Kunyambo, a widowed mother in Nsusa Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kapeni in Blantyre, shares a fragile hillside home with…
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Small stipends, huge transformation
Poverty in Malawi has worn many faces, manifesting itself in such things as hunger, poor housing, limited schooling and cycles…
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Local leaders promote children’s welfare
Tchapo Tchapo’s dream of becoming a medical doctor was fading away as his guardians failed to keep him in school.…
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Uneasy path for women in first past the post environment
The September 16 General Election attracted 1 474 candidates. And while women constitute 51 percent of the population, they formed…
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‘I weep for my child, I weep for my land’
JAMES CHAVULA Staff Writer December is no longer for merrymaking in Esnar t Chilimba’s gemstone-adorned homestead at the heart of…
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‘Emulate Kachindamoto’
The Sadc Parliamentary Forum’s first public lecture in a series to honour the late Chief Theresa Kachindamoto of Dedza District…
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Teen triumphs in safe abortion ruling, dares new MPs to act
A minor who challenged a law that forces sexual assault survivors to keep unwanted pregnancies wants newly elected lawmakers to…
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Keeping Africa’s vaccines cool
Keeping Africa’s vaccines cool From a distance, Lilongwe Technical College (LTC) is a modest affair located along the M1 opposite…
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Farmers reclaim land for bumper harvests
Land degradation and climate change continue to cut crop yields across Malawi, leaving many households haunted by hunger and poverty…
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