Weekend Investigate
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Tobacco: A deadly business
Children in poor families work the fields in Malawi, impacting schooling, amid signs of a growing international crisis. The Guardians…
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Challenge of low enrolments in higher education system—Part II
In the previous entry, contributor STEVE SHARRA discussed the history that has created a mindset that holds back higher education…
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The challenge of low enrolments in higher education system
As June ended, academics and leaders from Malawi’s higher education institutions met in Mangochi for a conference on higher education.…
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Battling to save bananas in Nkhata Bay
Bananas are one of the traditional crops in Nkhata Bay. However, facing extinction due to Banana Bunchy Top Virus, communities…
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Adapt or perish: Innovative solutions to changing climate
As countries transition toward climate-resilient sustainable development, the Department of Environmental Affairs in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and…
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Imported charcoal burns forests
Red, blue, yellow, green…but blackish. Such is an array of colours of charcoal bags travellers see on descent from Blantyre…
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Drug resistant TB patients face expulsions
Our Staff Reporter exposes how a group village head expelled her daughter-in-law, a glimpse of discrimination and exclusion of people…
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Fistula treatment: A healing too far
Women left behind because of aftermaths of fistula cry for greater investment to bring treatment closer to those who need…
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Silent sobs of women with fistula
Fistula repair surgeries are liberating women dehumanised by the treatable birth-related condition which leaves them disgraced and discriminated. It is…
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Climate extremes, policy confuse farmers
Elias Kanyangale is ecstatic about his maize harvest. Balancing on a homemade ladder, the farmer retrieves cobs from a full…
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