Feature of the Week
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A glimpse at the life in Dzaleka
Mawazo arrived in Malawi in 2017 after fleeing insecurity in DRC. “My husband works informally in a cloth shop. The…
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Baking groups go green
Baking without using firewood is not rocket science for Sakata villagers in Zomba District. A rocket-like sun oven has helped…
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Dairy farmers get Agcom boost
Dairy farmers in Malawi often walk long distances to feed and hydrate cattle, but often sell milk cheaply due to…
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Hope amid Covid-19 hopelessness
The Covid-19 pandemic has created room for rape and all forms of violence against women and girls; they remain trapped…
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Water makes Covid-19 centres safer
Blantyre is one of the worst-affected hotspots of Malawi’s second wave of Covid-19. In January, doctors, clinicians, nurses and laboratory…
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Big issue with abortion law
In Malawi, nearly every adult knows someone who died from complications of clandestine abortion. However, Malawians seldom discuss sexual issues,…
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Cylinders of hope for idle stadium
On September 8 2019, fans filled the 40 000-seat capacity Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe to cheer their favourite…
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Youths find gold in agriculture
When growing up, Mercy Chimkunda Phiri, 30, wanted to become a journalist. The fame and adventure of travelling to places…
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Escaping GBV through economic empowerment
Fyness Gwirima, 27 (not her real name), describes her life before 2017 as a series of sorrowful episodes due to…
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What makes Mpata smile?
Three years ago, Janet Mpata, 26, from Mwamadi Village in Mulanje was neither a food producer nor in charge of…
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Justice for defiled teen
A 13-year-old girl in Rumphi is nursing fragments of a shattered dream after being defiled by a married man almost…
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Counting gains from Lake Chilwa
Today is the World Wetlands Day. Our Contributor CHARLES MKOKA highlights the benefits communities surrounding Lake Chilwa are reaping from…
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Young people leading on climate change, population growth
Just 85 kilometres south of Malawi’s capital, the impact of global warming is abundantly clear. Hunger is becoming increasingly common…
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Taking cancer screening to rural communities
It is Saturday morning at Ndamera Health Centre in Nsanje District. Senior community health nursing technician Evelyn Zambasa is standing…
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A trip to Ngabu with Chamaca
It was very hot in Chikwawa on that Sunday morning when a group of journalists joined Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s…
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Pushing against all odds
Dyless Mkumbira from Mchinji District ventured into business when her university dreams were shattered due to poverty. She says: “My…
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Hope for small-scale farmers
Despite being an agrarian economy, Malawi struggles so much in providing sustainable markets for her farmers. The worst-hit farmers are…
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Cashing in on mdonthera
Life has been unbearable for Immaculate Mtsukunyika from Mndolera in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Dzoole in Dowa District.…
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Solving Malawi’s water, energy challenges
Meat Masters Butchery is one of the reliable sources of meat and meat products for the residents of Senti Township…
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Enabling access to justice
In late September 2020, Vincent, 17, from Chembe Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Kambwiri in Salima was arrested alongside an older…
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