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Ugly face of unemployment
Just last week, a walk-in interview for the least-ranked health work in Malawi has left Lucy Mseketa with blood clots…
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Sharing mining gains
As mining firms reap the benefits of Malawi’s emerging extractive sector, dust refuses to settle on local communities’ petitions for…
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Fatherhood and the Coronavirus Pandemic
For the past seven months, the world has been mystified by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has devastated world economies,…
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Timely relief for Malawi’s top primary school
It still boggles a myriad minds. It remains a jigsaw puzzle to many. Many are left with their mouth agape…
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Covid ruffles hairdos
Five days a week, Pilira Tsambalikagwa walks from the populous Manje Township to Limbe Market to cut people’s hair or…
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Gule wamkulu aids schooling
In 2015, Parliament made education unavoidable for every child, but many boys and girls keep missing classes without any sanctions.…
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Killing 2 birds with one stone
In 2017, Derick Mapanga received four pigs from Plan International Malawi—a boar and three gilts. He was among 164 people…
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A library at fingertips
When Natasha Tonthola saw her 15-year-old daughter, Comfort-Eugenia, was a slow learner, she decided to do something about it. “My…
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Woman face of Covid-19
Covid-19 has become one of the world’s most devastating pandemic with 347 000 lives lost since last December. Social, economic,…
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Tearful homecomming
In 2019, Madalitso Gombo, from Njolomole in Ntcheu, followed her husband who worked as a gardener in Johannesburg, South Africa.…
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Burning issues with your cup of tea
In October 2019, Malawi experienced 10 consecutive days with a sudden surge in temperature that left vegetation brown. The heat…
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‘Every sample is critical’
In this article, LULUTANI TEMBO, from Unicef, profiles a selfless frontline health worker at war with Covid-19. Dr Wa t…
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Youth gang up against drugs
After noticing many young people in Area 36 high on drugs and liquor, their peers decided they had to do…
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Youth gang up against drugs
After noticing many young people in Area 36 high on drugs and liquor, their peers decided they had to do…
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Nine years of a ‘Spy Machine’
Back in October 2011, all Malawi’s four telecommunication service providers, sent identical text messages to subscriber Alick Kimu on his…
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Pupils electrify Mzimba school
The tale of self-made engineer Corled Nkosi, who electrified Kasangazi Village in Mzimba, has been told too many times. The…
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Living positively amid Covid-19
Maurine Phiri was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 10, but the 25-year-old has lived with the virus that…
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What is Forex Trading? An easy-to-understand Guide for Dummies
What is the Forex Market? The Foreign Exchange Market, or more widely known just as the Forex Market, is…
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Frontline workers at risk
Uncertainty is spreading among health workers in Malawi as seven have caught Covid-19, the novel coronavirus disease detected in China…
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Malawian caught in Covid stigma
Call him Chisomo. The 19-year-old from Lilongwe City was among hundreds of African students trapped in Wuhan City, China, four…
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