Feature of the Week

Counting gains from Lake Chilwa

Today is the World Wetlands Day. Our Contributor CHARLES MKOKA highlights the benefits communities surrounding Lake Chilwa are reaping from…

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Young people leading on climate change, population growth

Just 85 kilometres south of Malawi’s capital, the impact of global warming is abundantly clear. Hunger is becoming increasingly common…

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Taking cancer screening to rural communities

It is Saturday morning at Ndamera Health Centre in Nsanje District. Senior community health nursing technician Evelyn Zambasa is standing…

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A trip to Ngabu with Chamaca

It was very hot in Chikwawa on that Sunday morning when a group of journalists joined Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s…

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Pushing against all odds

Dyless Mkumbira from Mchinji District ventured into business when her university dreams were shattered due to poverty. She says: “My…

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Hope for small-scale farmers

Despite being an agrarian economy, Malawi struggles so much in providing sustainable markets for her farmers. The worst-hit farmers are…

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Cashing in on mdonthera

Life has been unbearable for Immaculate Mtsukunyika from Mndolera in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Dzoole in Dowa District.…

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Solving Malawi’s water, energy challenges

Meat Masters Butchery is one of the reliable sources of meat and meat products for the residents of Senti Township…

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Enabling access to justice

In late September 2020, Vincent, 17, from Chembe Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kambwiri in Salima was arrested alongside an older…

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When employers are parasites

In many workplaces in Malawi, workers are suffering the whipping of their minds, bodies and souls at the hands of…

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