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Chitipa’s linguistic diversity
It is a warm sunset at Chitipa Boma. Men from different backgrounds gather around a pool table in a…
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Year later, Nkhata Bay Jetty still in shambles
It is now a year since the Nkhata Bay Jetty pontoon—the bridge that links arriving and departing vessels—sunk due to…
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Vital wetlands in danger
Today is World Wetland Day, but every drying marsh and swamp points to familiar hazards and disasters. JAMES CHAVULA…
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Stuck on neglected trade route
For Andrew Kaonga and his three brothers, the journey from Chitipa to Mzuzu last week was meant to be…
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Christmas at a dumpsite
On Christmas, we saw how hundreds of families rely on the filthy side of Mzedi dumpsite for survival. While…
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Umhlangano: The pride of Maseko Ngoni
“Mothers with children on their backs, luggage on their heads, lucky men with herds of cattle in front, bows and…
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How quota system is worsening inequalities: A response
Educator KING KAPITO responds to matters that have been raised in a previous article on the quota systems. Ephraim Nyondo…
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Death by lightning
Lightning kills. But in most of the country’s rural communities, death by lightning is believed to be a product of…
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Chalera’s road to Damascus
Zero to hero stories did not end the day a notorious Saul became a popular Paul. In Wavikaza, tongues are…
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Goodbye year of K14bn market fires
The cost of frequent fires shows the prospects of markets remains scary unless lessons from past tragedies herald necessary reforms.…
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Being a child with albinism
Abductions of persons with albinism have left one boy devastated and out of school. JAMES CHAVULA writes. On a sunny…
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Creating accountable schools
Closing existing gaps in primary schools could create graver gaps in the absence of checks and balances. JAMES CHAVULA writes.…
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‘Violence is crippling university education’
Malawi’s critical tertiary education will be crippled continually—and irreparably, eventually—if students do not embrace non-violent ways of protesting and if…
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A testimony too touching to ignore
‘Legson Kayira made me proud’ Reading Jack McBrams article, ‘Remembering Legson Kayira again’ reignited memories of my school days and…
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Race for coal ignores worker’s rights
Miners working in the underbelly of coal-rich hills find themselves groping in the dark for their rights and occupational safety.…
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Taming fistula from grass roots
Tomorrow, Malawi joins the world in commemorating the International Fistula Day under the theme Women’s Dignity Begins When Fistula Ends.…
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Malawi’s winding road to justice for the poor
The Legal Aid Bureau (LAB) is struggling to meet the demand os its services due to underfunding. ALBERT SHARRA looks…
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On the Spot: Meet Undule in new world
It is almost three years since Undule Mwakasungura went into oblivion. However, there were several issues that are still stamped…
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Malawians sidelined as firms race for coal
The country’s mining landscape calls for improvements, but the one that will take steely resolve is ending the exclusion of…
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