Feature of the Week
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Portrait of Chembe Village
When Kondwani Kamiyala went to Cape Maclear on January 25 2013, he was grateful to be back alive. Not that…
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Kamuzu was not a dictator’
He has been a Cabinet minister, has headed Malawi’s central bank, University of Malawi, Press Corporation, was probably the closest…
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From victim to father of street kids
After successfully escaping from the life of a street kid, fate dealt Godknows Maseko another painful experience that saw him…
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Mtumbuka joins Tutu’s family
You would say Matthews Mtumbuka has punched well above his weight. Even before celebrating his 30th birthday, he was already…
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Saving Nkhotakota Game Reserve
The plunder visited upon Nkhotakota Game Reserve in central Malawi and measures to halt it have been well documented. But…
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65 years later, Adelaide wears a veil
Adelaide Mkandawire and Everlisto Moloko Mwale have been married for more than a life time—65 years. In celebrating their 65th…
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Joyous journeys of ‘sex queen’
Queen Nyasulu has had it both ways. After selling her body on the streets of Karonga in northern Malawi, she…
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The face of climate change
Salima is one of Malawi’s disaster-prone districts; if it is not drought haunting it, then it is hailstorms or floods…
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John Samson shakes an empire
He bears names Christians revere. John was the one crying out in the wilderness with a message that heralded the…
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Mismanaged elections: Driver of democratic reversal
Although democracy cannot be reduced to conducting elections, there is firm consensus that there can never be a democracy without…
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Determined to win
He could not even hear his name called out when he graduated from the University of Malawi last month. That,…
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Obama’s grandmothers
Usually, during campaigning and elections, it is normal to find middle aged or young people at the helm of the…
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Engendering the gender agenda
It doesn’t always take a magic wand to turn a person’s fortunes around. A little push could be all somebody…
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Getting justice the Phalombe way
Is Lonjezo Nkopeka ‘guilty’ of impregnating Stella Chinkango? Is the baby in Stella’s arms his blood? Well, the truth could…
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Motherhood: Tale of joy, anxiety
 Felicia Yohane is looking forward to the day she will deliver her fifth baby. But wrapped around the anticipation is…
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Voices from the slum
When slum dwellers converged on Lilongwe, in Malawi’s capital, their mission was simple: to get themselves out of the suffocating…
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Righting Dedza wrongs
For over a year now, the only thought that has been on the mind of Masten and Gladys Gambuleni of…
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The city where people own bridges
It is like watching a Vietnam War movie; the narrow strip of planks laid out over a gorge overlooking dangerous…
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A sad epitome of poverty
Most Malawians are said to be poor, about 80 percent of them, especially those living in the rural areas. The…
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Who said age matters?
John Padoko is one man who believes that age is only some insignificant number that you can ignore. Even at…
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