Legal Aid Bureau strained
Strained with high demand for legal services, the Legal Aid Bureau has opened offices in 13 districts. The aim is...
Guest Spot
NLGFC moving to sanitise councils on funding
Over the past few years National Audit Office (NAO) periodic reports have found councils as some of the government institutions...
Making marriage law count
In 2017, Parliament outlawed marriages involving boys and girls aged below 18. However, thousands of Malawian women still marry before...
Israel promises Malawi more
In what appears to be an incentive, Israel has promised to provide more support to Malawi following President Lazarus Chakwera’s...
Enhancing sexual, reproductive health
UNFPA regional director for 23 countries in east and southern African region JUNITA ONABANJO has completed her weeklong tour of...
‘Majority must treat minorities with fairness’
In a week attacks on land ownership and private sector investment have dominated the discourse, BRIGHT MALOPA, a local investor...
‘Promote local seed industry’
Through Enhanced Support for Farmers Rights in Malawi project with funds from Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Osisa), Centre...
School reopening in Malawi
As more children return to school on Monday after a long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Unicef Malawi Representative...
Chakwera’s ‘question time’ in Parliament
President Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday went to Parliament to respond to questions relating to the State of the Nation Address...
‘2020 tobacco market went smoothly’
This year’s tobacco selling season closed on Friday with the country realising $173.5 million (about K130 billion) from the green...
‘Lack of funds frustrates research’
In 2010, government established the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) to promote science and technology research for social...
‘Electronic health records reduce errors’
Electronic health records (EHR) have been touted as essential in facilitating continuum of care and reducing medical errors which sometimes...
‘Cashflow is a problem in water boards’
A comparative analysis of the Auditor General (AG) report on selected accounts of Statutory bodies ending June 2018 shows that...
‘Don’t ignore other diseases’
Cases of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) continue to rise in the country, owing to the recklessness during the just-ended fresh...
‘We need institutional quarantine as well’
The novel coronavirus continues to hit hard the country, with each day scores of cases being recorded. It has not...
‘Poll survey was professional’
The Zomba-based Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ipor) has released findings of a 2020 Pre-election and Governance Survey which...
Chaponda talks on acquittal
George Chaponda has been a Cabinet minister for some time. But things changed when he was embroilled in a maize...
‘Real power is in people’
In this interview, Our Staff Writer James Chavula engages Citizen for Transformation (CFT) movement leader Timothy MTAMBO on his new...
‘Democracy has won’
Following the recent Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal (MSCA) ruling on the presidential election appeal case, our News Analyst MERCY...
‘Prince Talal award is a special gift for NRWB’
The Northern Region Water Board (NRWB) recently won the $200 000 (about K150 million) 2019 Prince Talal International Prize for...
