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Demystifying public offices through good governance
Seated inside Muloza Magistrate’s Court, members of Njema Area Development Committee (ADC) in Mulanje go through one project after another,…
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17 years serving students with beer
New faces enroll at the University of Malawi’s Polytechnic every year, to graduate after four or five years, depending on…
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Saving newborns from early deaths
Malawi, like many Third World countries, has high infant death rates. Save the Children International reports that globally, over one…
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Nthalire finally gets justice
The civil society is well known for criticising government, pinpointing gaps in service delivery and their bad impact on the…
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Mchenga wa Satana, sexual initiation site in Mchinji
It may be hard to believe, but it is true. In Mchinji, young boys have sexual relations with older women…
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When monkeys drink from people’s cup
Ordinary talk rarely brings extraordinary results. People of Chimbotera Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kampingo Sibande in Mzimba writhe in…
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Dreams die as Ovop loan hangs in the sky
Deep in the remote areas of Traditional Authority (T/A) Kanduku in Mwanza lives 42-year-old widow Mercy Jento whose future has…
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Can mother languages enhance learning?
Today is the International Mother Language Day—a day set aside by the United Nations for countries to reflect on the…
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Raising hope for better ECD in Malawi
Research conducted by experts in Early Childhood Development (ECD) shows that children who attend quality ECD training provided by professional…
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Confronting risky lack of skilled miners
Beneath the country’s emerging mining sector lie a myriad of accidents and other occupational risks which unskilled workers inherited from…
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The malaise of being withdrawn from marriage
For Jane Mbewa the dream of becoming a nurse has been a constant motivation for her to work hard at…
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Should marriage age be raised to 21?
The Permanent Committee on Gender Related Laws (GRL) of the NGO-Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN), with funding from the Royal…
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Endandweni’s same old cry
The school in hard-to-reach parts of Mzimba in the Northern Region of Malawi, has become a death trap, a crumbling…
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When they marry young
Balaka is one of the districts in Malawi where early marriages are common. Girls as young as 13 easily get…
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Cepa laments delayed wetland policy
Sustainable management of wetlands which provides livelihoods to Malawians will remain a far-fetched dream if statements contained in various policies…
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Mzimba women in men’s circles
It appears days a Ngoni woman was considered a second-class citizen are finally on the wane. Now women in Mzimba…
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Dowa women on the rise
For a long time, women from Kamtayeni Village in Traditional Authority Chiwere in Dowa have been suffering in ignorance of…
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The river between Batumeyo and growth
There is a marshy river between Group Village Head (GVH) Batumeyo’s area and Mbawa Trading Centre in Mzimba South. The…
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Whither cancer centre?
Cancer, says oncologist Leo Masamba, is a curable disease. It is possible to doubt Masamba—he is just an expert who…
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When will Malawi export Ovop products?
Group Village Head (GVH) Chonde of Mulanje could not contain her joy when former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade,…
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