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Are cities without slums possible?
The failed World Bank urban housing project has left the country’s cities without any other large-scale government commitment to the…
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Tracing the genesis of slums
Slums in cities, experts say, are not born. They argue with conviction that they are made by human decisions. But…
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Journey through slums
Every year, the first Monday of October, is World Habitat Day, when the world reflects on the state of human settlements. This…
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Leading from the front in malaria fight
The Shire Valley has always been infested with mosquitoes so much so that malaria cases became a norm other than…
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Women who deliver their grandchildren
She is not a midwife, nor is she a traditional birth attendant (TBA). However, without any kind of training, she…
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Ngolongoliwa recollects Lhomwes heritage
Our staff writer MICHAEL MMEYA was in Thyolo recently and tells the Lhomwe history through the eyes of the Ngolongoliwa…
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Cadecom takes climate change to communities
The draft Climate Change Policy—which Cabinet has sent back for more consultation before it gets approved—is slowly but steadily developing…
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Fertiliser trees for soil redemption
It is a bright hot sunny day, but Moses Shonga is taking a jolly walk in his maize field while…
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Perils of step-daughter rape
If she is not sleeping under a tree behind her house, then she is in Mchesi Market in Lilongwe selling…
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‘Malawi needs to do more to advance education’
I am writing this piece from the heart; a heart filled with despair seeing a generation of uneducated children in Malawi.…
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Homeless by choice
People usually become homeless due to poverty or natural disasters such as floods and fire. But 57-year-old George Phalapandu Khanewa…
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Rethinking disability and inclusion in primary schools
The mere fact that Peter Munthali teaches children with disability at St. Maria Goleti Primary School in Nkhata Bay is…
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Can Dzalanyama Forest be saved?
To the question: “How can Malawi save Dzalanyama from its imminent exhaustion in 10 years?” Malawians should be pardoned for…
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Dzalanyama: A forest reserve on death bed
At the current rate of charcoal and firewood production. Dzalanyama Forest Reserve runs the risk of losing all its trees…
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Is compulsory education the answer?
Section 13 of Malawi’s Revised Education Act (2012) says provision of primary education in government schools shall be free of…
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Lilongwe Water Board struggles to attract financiers
The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) says it is failing to get funding from major financiers and development partners because its…
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Confiscating charcoal to save forests
Zomba district forestry officials and the police recently confiscated over 200 bags of charcoal and timber during a law enforcement…
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Using skills to make a difference
Ramazan Masumbuko, 23, is not your ordinary refugee. The trained journalist does not want to sit on his laurels and…
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Uprooting fistula in Mangochi
Florence Kassim, 20, from Mpima Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Mponda in Mangochi has no kind words for fistula. She lost…
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Taking ECD to another level
The three women sensed danger. They knew they had to do something to protect the lives of children in the…
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