Development
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Any remedies for CDF?
Will Constituency Development Fund (CDF) ever be effective? Malawians should be pardoned for thinking: “Why should we care”. In 2012,…
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No justice after consumer law
A customer is a king is an old song, but Malawians are usually treated as slaves or passive recipients by those…
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Chinsapo men using bicycles productively
For those living in suburbs, bicycles are for youngsters to ride in their yards or adults who want to keep…
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Relooking at education for all
For decades, Makande Primary School has been a lifeline for children with visual impairments. Its resource centre for the blind…
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From grass-thatched to iron sheets
It started as a dream. But amid public criticism that it is a parallel of LDF, Joyce Banda’s Mudzi Transformation…
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Courier amid physical address woes
Courier firms are cashing in on gaps left by the one-time monopoly, Malawi Posts Corporation. But the country’s blurry physical…
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Giving life to disaster management
Stranded and perched precariously high up a tree, Ivy Kalichero thought the end had come for her. Below the tree,…
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Farmers gain with message from pocket
On this clear and sunny Saturday afternoon, 40-year-old Lemani Mbetayasamba, in a beige glittering satin suit, a white shirt and…
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Taking disaster management to people
There are scenes etched on Cecilia Nyakhuwa’s mind of a rainy afternoon she spent indoors with her family in a…
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Curbing cyclic food insecurity
Nothing better sums up Malawi’s extraordinary mix of challenges and opportunities than in its quest for lasting solution to food…
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When disaster strikes, who minds the disabled?
The first strike of the Karonga 2009 earthquake—which killed two, injured hundreds and destroyed many properties—shook the ground at exactly 21:45 hours.…
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MPC: A vital giant challenged by technology
October 9 marks World Post Day and Malawi Post Corporation (MPC) needs new innovation to beat competition from mobile information…
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Searching for cities without slums
With rural-urban migration on the increase in Malawi, eventually, worsening levels of slums in the cities, can Malawi ever achieve…
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Revamping tourism sector: Lessons from Majete
The hour of triumph is always hidden in moments of crisis. By 2003, Majete Game Reserve—a 700 km² jungle which…
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Should sign language be compulsory?
South Africa’s first black leader Nelson Mandela is right on a number of things. And he was right again when…
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Perils of educating a deaf child
Mount View, a learning institution for the deaf, lies about five kilometres from Bvumbe Market in Thyolo. At first glance,…
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Healing Malawi’s limping tourism
There is some good news about tourism from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. Chrissie Chiumia, the ministry’s spokesperson, says…
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Are youth friendly services friendly?
Turn up the love, condomise! Love yourself, condomise! Live, love, condomise! These are just some of the messages displayed during…
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Mulanje: A miracle in danger
Last year, Mulanje District Hospital won a national award in recognition of quality delivery of HIV and Aids services. However,…
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Trapping mosquitoes with sugar
It was in Standard Four at St. Andrews High School in Blantyre that the now 15-year-old Joshua Mwanda was introduced…
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