Development
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Journey through slums
Every year, the first Monday of October, is World Habitat Day, when the world reflects on the state of human settlements. This…
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Women who deliver their grandchildren
She is not a midwife, nor is she a traditional birth attendant (TBA). However, without any kind of training, she…
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Ngolongoliwa recollects Lhomwes heritage
Our staff writer MICHAEL MMEYA was in Thyolo recently and tells the Lhomwe history through the eyes of the Ngolongoliwa…
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Homeless by choice
People usually become homeless due to poverty or natural disasters such as floods and fire. But 57-year-old George Phalapandu Khanewa…
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Can Dzalanyama Forest be saved?
To the question: “How can Malawi save Dzalanyama from its imminent exhaustion in 10 years?” Malawians should be pardoned for…
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Lilongwe Water Board struggles to attract financiers
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) says it is failing to get funding from major financiers and development partners because its…
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Using skills to make a difference
Ramazan Masumbuko, 23, is not your ordinary refugee. The trained journalist does not want to sit on his laurels and…
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Bars and sanitation woes in residential areas
Visiting the house of Steliya White at Chemusa Township in Blantyre during the day, one would think the house is…
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Tracking LDF money
Getting to Chilunga Primary School in Nsanje by a vehicle is hard. The road to the school, situated 31 kilometres…
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Lack of land ownership for women makes them vulnerable
Christina Chisunkha, a widow from Chitipa, is outraged that women in the district do not have equal access to and…
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When appetite for local chicken grows
Every morning, Charles Wedson Matiya leaves his home at Tepani Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mkanda in Mulanje for Blantyre City…
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Saved from child labour by fellow youth
Alex Kamtambe,18, from Mwalala Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kalumo in Ntchisi never thought he would one day be a star…
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Leaving women out of the gender train
When lawmakers passed the Gender Equality Bill last year, they envisaged its enactment ensuring equal numbers of male and female…
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Usisya: An island on the mainland
Usisya, an underdeveloped area with potential for tourism industry in Nkhata Bay, might not be an ordinary hard-to-reach area in…
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Confronting exclusive breastfeeding challenges
From August 1 to 7, Malawi joined the world in celebrating the World Breastfeeding Week, commemorated under the theme Breastfeeding:…
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Transformed into agri business by a poster
Mary Kasitomu, 38, is not an ordinary farmer. The woman, who comes from Kanyenda Village, T/A Nankumba in Mangochi, used…
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Chisiki: Mothers’ ties, daughters’ downfall
It is harvest time! Since April, farming households that sowed and toiled in sweat have been reaping in smiles and…
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Nkhata Bay’s solar dream comes true
Chilala is not your ordinary primary school. Travelling on the Lakeshore Corridor at night, it is easy to miss the…
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Married at 16 and back
Early marriage in rural settings is rampant. Bernadette Chingwani, a rural champion of girl education and women empowerment in Kawaza,…
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Can inclusive education work in primary schools?
Access to education for children with disabilities in the country continues to be a challenge. According to Malonje Phiri, Mchinji…
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