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Politics of empty stomachs
In 2018, Parliament outlawed the gifts politicians dish out to buy votes. The lawmakers wanted those with hidden agendas to…
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‘We are all mad here’
Madness is not just about abandoned persons seen carrying filthy bundles or sleeping in dumps in marketplaces, but also honourables…
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Escom’s dark island in Chileka
Not long ago, planeloads of visitors touching down at Bakili Muluzi International Airport in Chileka Township, Blantyre City, thought they…
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Data drives air quality control
Policymakers are working on clean air rules to combat one of Malawi’s top five health threats, thanks to emerging data.…
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Raids on illegal miners reveal an ignored vacuum
Malawi’s knee-jerk war on illegal mining has revealed what was already obvious to most but apparently not to those who…
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A widow’s cry for justice
Who polices the courts? President Peter Mutharika asked Parliament in 2020. “Everyone must account to someone,” he said. A 75-year-old…
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An ode to generational talents
It is two years since the military plane crash in the Viphya Plantation killed then vice-president Saulos Chilima and eight…
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Zomba gold lures thousands
When the sun rises over Nsomba Village, Traditional Authority Malemia in Zomba District, Fatsani Kasonga’s team starts digging for gold…
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Girl who left tongues wagging
You may have heard about Duwana Muhammad, the 16-year-old girl who sat this year’s Primary School Leaving Certificate of Education…
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Giving girls skills for good
At 25, she gets grease under her fingernails and sweat gullies her face as she bends over an engine, turning…
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