Feature of the Week
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When culture, education marry
When culture and education marry, the results can be phenomenal. BRIGHT KUMWENDA, our special projects editor, writes about how the…
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To be a mother in Malawi is a curse
Child birth in Malawi and many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is a game of chance, with many women dying from…
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A toilet that feeds a family
Most households in Malawi look up to their farms for food. The majority yield insufficient harvests because they cannot afford…
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Highs, lows of early childhood development
It is said that a child who attends kindergarten does well in primary school and later stages of life. Despite…
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Homeless but sheltering multitudes
When she first came to Malawi in 1974 fresh from studying paediatrics in her native Italy, little did Sister Rita…
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Baking waste into wealth
Many slum dwellers do not have a lot of alternatives. With no or limited educational qualifications and access to loans…
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The surgeon and his knives
Dr Carlos Gomez Varela, 37, is one of the few surgeons Malawi has. He has performed over 5 000 surgeries,…
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Creating an HIV-free generation
The Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) has been around for a while now. Although the initiative has faced all manner…
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The haunted house at Biwi
It is the kind of tale you would expect to hear from South Africa, in movies or places where crime…
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Waterproofing Chikhwawa from disaster
Every year, the Lower Shire district of Chikhwawa gets in the news for reasons that are both bad and lethal:…
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