Development
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Do Malawians know their rights?
Alfred Mangazawo of Ndirande Township, Blantyre, is an alleged victim of police brutality. He says in May last year, he…
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The lost glory of Youth Week
As Malawi commemorates International Day of the Youth this week under the theme ‘Building a better world, partnering with youths, Ephraim…
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Devaluation hits hard on Malawians
Mary Kwananda is a mother of four children and divorced. She is caught in dilemma between settling utility bills first…
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A village disconnected for six months, annually
To others, it might have been just a bridge but to the people of Chapananga and Changoima villages, the over-pass…
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Teaming up to save water kiosks from political interference
Each time a new political party gets into power, some communities in Ndirande Township in Blantyre-Malabada Constituency know it is…
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Chimbiranjala’s climate curse
Chimbiranjala Village is a metaphor of the rural poor’s exposure to effects of climate change. Named after a Tumbuka term…
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Towards better child care in Malawi
From child trafficking, child labour to defilement, Malawian children are battling with various forms of abuse in the homes and…
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Saved from bleak future by stones
Evelyn Chisamba’s world came to a standstill in 1997. Her marriage ended. Little did she know that her efforts to…
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Cry of children with disabilities
Eight-year-old Henry Naluso of Group Village Head Chinyama in Mulanje neither sits nor goes to school. He is always in…
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‘I have travelled 21 times between CZ and BT to seek justice’
The Industrial Relations Court’s lack of adequate funding and human resources has led to a backlog of unresolved cases, denying…
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Dilemmas of the Green Belt Initiative
Despite that the Green Belt Initiative has potential to improve the country’s economy and food security, its sustainability is wrapped…
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“I only heard it once, on radio”
Apart from commercial farmers, the Green Belt Initiative also targets smallholder farmers. The goal is to lift them from poverty…
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Setting the green belt tone
It is an ambitious, multi-billion kwacha initiative which has potential to transform Malawi’s seasonal, rain-fed agriculture into an all-year-round irrigation…
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To fight poverty, invest in girls
Despite being independent for close to half a century now, the recent UNDP’s Africa Human Development Report 2012 paints quite…
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If new technology fails, try old one
If new technologies fail to tick and trickle to rural masses, then try old ones. Biliyati Mitchi and his wife…
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Wonders of vegetable farming
 When maize farming failed to feed his family, Anderson Josteni tried something else. Horticulture came to his mind although…
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When a woman knows
The worst obstacle patriarchy exert on women is to deny them access to knowledge. Through radio listening clubs, Centre for…
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Has the subsidy programme really been a success?
Agness Maonga has nothing but praise for the Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (Fisp). Being a beneficiary, from the time it…
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Healing the street child
In the coldest nights of June, there is always a boy without a home standing helpless beside a tree, shivering.…
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Who will save Malawian traders?
Lyton Mangochi, a small-scale businessperson at Karonga District Market, is dying for a saviour. He needs the saviour, now; or…
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