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National News
Minister bemoans corruption effects on gender
Minister of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare Jean Kalilani has said corruption disproportionately affects the poor, particularly women. Kalilani,…
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Alliance One donates bicycles worth K3.6m
Alliance One, a major tobacco buying company has given 75 bicycles worth around K3.6 million to farmers who lead fellow…
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Health
Teresa: living on borrowed time
For five-year-old Teresa Njateni, poverty is not just the lack of material things, which she experiences having been born in…
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Development
Fighting early marriages: Bitten by something dark
Dorica Julius, 17, is a Standard Eight pupil who lives at Goliati Trading Centre in Thyolo District. She relates her…
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Lilongwe River a time ticking bomb
Davie Mashalubu runs a ramshackle paying pit latrine on the bank of Lilongwe River near the bridge. “I have a…
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Guest Spot
‘Some infrastructure has outlived lifespan’
Dry taps are the order of the day in many locations in the country. During the dry season, water officials…
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Health
Elderly men shunning circumcision
Medical officers at Thyolo District Hospital have complained that some men are shunning voluntary medical circumcision because they do not…
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Political Index Feature
Beyond numerical value
Malawi Government and pro-gender activists came up with the 50:50 Campaign for men and women to equally share positions of…
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National Sports
Malawian scoops British Military Award
Malawian martial artist serving in the British Military, Yamikani Guba, has been named this year’s third best British Military Sportsperson…
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Front Page
Revised budget up by K4.5 billion
Treasury has announced that the revised 2013/14 National Budget has gone up by K4.5 billion (about $11.2m) to K640.3…
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Environment
Malawi shines in aquaculture
At an international meeting held in Kisumu, a coastal town in Kenya, recently, experts said fish levels in Africa are…
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Health
‘How I took ARVs while in boarding school’
World Aids Day falls on Sunday December 1. As the world continues to reflect on the theme ‘Getting to zero…
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Front Page
K4.3bn irrigation project flops
The Nkopola Irrigation Scheme in Mangochi, a $10 million (about K4.3 billion) project has flopped due to a reported engineering…
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Editors Pick
CNN award winner, media guru praises JB
A CNN Award winning Kenyan media guru Wanja Njuguna currently teaching at Polytechnic of Namibia has hailed President Joyce Banda…
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Health
Keeping hope alive in HIV positive children
In June 2011, a seven-month-old baby girl (name withheld) was fighting for her life in a children’s ward at Kamuzu…
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Business News
Malawi products find gold in Namibia
Products from Malawi such as wood carvings and cloth-wrappers (zitenje) are among the loved items that are selling in Namibia…
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Media warned against bias
African journalists gathered for two weeks in Namibia have been warned against being bias and swayed by emotions when reporting…
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Development
Are GMOs here to stay?
Genetically modified organisms (GMOS) have attracted mixed reactions across the world. While some countries have embraced them, such as the…
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MDF eyes Sadc militaries shooting competition
The Malawi Defence Force (MDF) has challenged to compete with militaries in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) countries in…
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National News
Aid withdrawal affects local governance
Massive withdrawal of donor aid to the Ministry of Local government and Rural Development has hit hard operations of the…
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