Feature of the Week
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Is agri-bank the answer?
As Malawi considers the idea of establishing a farmers’ bank, EPHRAIM NYONDO assesses the potential of the proposed institution to…
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Hope for the elderly
For the first time in the history of health care in Malawi, Kalibu Ministries is building a hospital that will …
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Postal services: Past and present
The highlight of the World Posts Day in Malawi on Wednesday is the unveiling of Mtengatenga Postal Museum recently rehabilitated by the…
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Hell of giving birth in Chididi
The talk is that Malawi is doing well in safe motherhood. But for people of Chididi in Nsanje, this is…
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Rape Report: In the name of love
She can’t open her mouth to recount the horrible experience of being defiled by her own father, but her silence…
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Development from within
For about half a century, Malawi has been implementing various development programmes to lift her people out of poverty. But…
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When poverty worsens poverty
Mwansambo Trading Centre in Nkhotakota is a thriving business zone for groundnuts. But beneath the façade of joy and thrill…
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Reflections on decentralisation gaps
Enifa Saladi is an extra ordinary young woman with a blossoming future. Born and raised in the rural outskirts of…
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Emergency drug kit project life saver
For those that have experienced drug shortages or lost a loved one due to scarcity of primary health care (PHC),…
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Taming inequality: is govt doing enough?
Malawi, in a quest to bridge the poles-part world of rural and urban learners is signatory to a number of…
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Can SolarPedalflo answer water challenges?
An innovative, solar-driven, rural water supply system has managed to improve access to safe water in a number of African…
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Caregiver’s volunteerism a sacrifice
Even though other villagers ridicule her for doing voluntary work, all that Lorena Chifumbi of Chaima Village, Traditional Authority Pemba…
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Thirsting in vast waters
Despite sitting on vast and perennial water reservoirs, a number of Malawians continue to struggle to access safe water. Why…
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At risk and long sidelined
Selling tomatoes, onions, cabbages, peppers and other fresh foods might not be a big deal like cross-border businesses, but it…
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Disability issues on Ilala
The return of Ilala has stimulated a new wave of optimism across Likoma and Chizumulu islands. However, there is need…
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‘My womb, my choice’
Sex is widely believed to be mainly for procreation; to produce offspring. Only a few species of animals, such as…
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Behind the rosy figures
Statistics on access to clean and safe water in Malawi are quite impressive. But do these figures reflect the reality…
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On parade for alms
Patricia, 11, is some object of pity or sympathy as her mother has designed her to be for the selfish…
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Commercial agriculture: way to go?
Challenges facing rice production are part of the broader story of Malawi’s small-holder driven agriculture failing to take off and…
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When culture, education marry
When culture and education marry, the results can be phenomenal. BRIGHT KUMWENDA, our special projects editor, writes about how the…
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