Feature of the Week
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Matewere’s passion for human rights protection attracts global attention
Maxwell Matewere’s name and the fight for human rights PROTECTION are synonymous. He has been fighting social ills and speaking…
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From voting to accountability
Malawi has once again demonstrated its commitment to democratic governance through broad citizen participation in the recent elections, writes EAGLES…
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Make Mzimba green again
It is a cloudy Friday morning and the air at Mhlaba Ground in Embangweni, Traditional Authority Mzukuzuku in Mzimba District,…
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Why businesses protest tax changes
Peaceful demonstrations have forced a delay in measures aimed at improving revenue collection but which many fear will be fatal…
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Mutharika’s food for thought
Just a few months into his new term, President Peter Mutharika is grappling with a triple crisis—a deep-seated food emergency,…
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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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