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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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Gold rush endangers wildlife
Malawi’s wildlife is surging and conservationists use contraceptive jabs to keep predators under control, but illegal mining threatens animal sanctuaries…
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‘I’ve donated blood 73 times’
Isaac Chibade, 37, has donated blood for a whopping 73 times. The trusted blood donor, from Bangwe in Blantyre, started…
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Nice becomes a regional attraction
Malawi has witnessed the mushrooming of civic education institutions, but the National Initiative for Civic Education (Nice). The public trust…
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What breaks your iron man?
June is Men’s Mental Health Month. Our Staff Writer SANGULUKANI NYIRENDA looks at the plight of men left to their…
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