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Feature of the Week
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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Not this time, Mr. Chimunthu Banda
Had it been that Speaker of Parliament Mr. Chimunthu Banda was man of honesty, a servant of the people and…
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Development
Kaunjika no new challenge
Can a small fish turn the tide? A desolate tailor shuddered to think about the bleak future of local clothing…
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Business News
Puma pumps K350 000 in AEJ’s AGM
Puma Energy on Wednesday pumped the Association of Environmental Journalist in Malawi (AEJ) with K350 000 to assist in its Annual General…
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Development
Bitter side of Kaunjika
Though cheap, unique and readily available, second-hand clothes are an enemy of poor economies. EPHRAIM NYONDO writes. Mondays are always…
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Political Index Feature
Judging leaders by history
Why does a candidate’s background matter when choosing leaders? EPHRAIM NYONDO writes. History’s greatest triumph is in its hour of…
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Development
Mapeto DWS—10 years on
It has been 10 years since government privatised David Whitehead and Sons, the only State -owned textile and clothing company.…
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Development
Dressed by foreigners
How did Malawi turn from a nation that could manufacture its own clothing to one that is fully dependent on…
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Is DPP turning into a hollow party!
We are the hollow men. We are the stuffed men. These lines from T.S Elliot’s 1925 poem The Hollow Men…
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Bad leaders must be Egyptised
Some people, and they are many, have faulted Egyptians for ousting the democratically elected president, Muhammad Morsi. A democratically elected…
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Q & A
MALAWIANS ARE NOT DOCILE—USI
Comedian Michael Usi, popularly known as Manganya, has, in the past, been in the political news following revelations that different…
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Entertainment News
Aycee joins the male club
She is yet to cut an album. But with just two singles, AyCee James, with her political conscious compositions, has…
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Development
Living on the rough edge of a dollar
Workers in Indian and Chinese shops have, in the past few months, staged a number of strikes, demanding their employers…
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Q & A
Malawi needs balanced education—Molande
The Ministry of Education is planning to make all humanities elective in secondary schools. What does this mean and what…
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Feature of the Week
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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Development
Journey to Chitekesa
Government, through the Local Development Fund (LDF), is constructing a rural growth centre in Chitekesa Village, Phalombe. But what is…
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Political Index Feature
E-Governance: Two years on
To improve delivery of public services, government, in 2011, established a department of e-government in the Office of the President…
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Q & A
‘MALAWI NEEDS A PUBLIC SERVICE POLITICAL REFORM’
On Sunday this week, Malawi commemorated Africa Public Service Day under the theme ‘Enhancing an ethical and productive public service’.…
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Entertainment News
Fredokiss clinches SA music deal
After a successful debut album titled Kunditcha Fredo, urban music artist Penjani Kalua, nicknamed Fredokiss, has landed a one-year record…
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Why I am bitter with MCP
During the eight years he was Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a belligerent public stance to the world, and thus…
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