Development

In Blantyre City, Mudi River offers passers-by an ugly face of official indifference fuelling water pollution in Malawi. On Monday,...

For Angella Banda, life has not been easy.  Like many housewives in Malawi, she used to depend on her husband...

Linda Mwapasa is the first woman in Balaka to be elected a ward councillor since the dawn of democracy in...

Flashbacks of frequent floods in Zomba City have triggered a K1 4 billion initiative to lessen the risk and devastation...

Malawi’s population has grown from 13 million to 18 million in the past decade, piling pressure on farmland and the...

Three young men from diverse professional backgrounds are on a mission to transform Malawi through technological advancements. Theologian Kondwani Mshali...

Many scientists grow up memorising time-honoured laws that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but only transformed from one...

The chirping birds with periodic interjections of domestic animal sounds early in the morning used to wake up Pendwe villagers...

In June, Louis Nsomba, a 20-year-old phone repairer with disability, was shattered as his old car battery, power inverter and...

For decades, some farmers struggling with hunger in Neno District tilled fertile spots along a crocodile-infested section of the Shire...

As schools gradually reopen, a 15-year-old disguised as Aida will not return to class because she is three months pregnant....

A lawmaker determined to present the proposed termination of pregnancy law in Parliament wants his colleagues to “vote with a...

Clinician Thokozani Mphatso is terrified of going to Mpatsa Health Centre which he heads. The public facility near Phalombe Boma...

Accessing potable water is as easy as switching on a tap for people living in developed nations - but it...

The government set last Sunday as the deadline for children to vacate the streets, but the problem persists. The hustle...

Our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA catches up with cashing in on empty bottles while reducing and reusing the familiar waste...

Malawi’s rice-growing districts are being buried in rising heaps of husks, which expose widespread gaps in waste management. The piling...

Penelope Kakhobwe for Unicef Malawi Nadu Molegeni can now smile as she has recovered from Covid -19. Relating her experience...

Malawi is among the countries bearing devastating effects of climate change, including unpredictable weather conditions such as floods and droughts...

Two months ago, torrents that led to floods battered homes and latrines to the ground in Salisbury Township in Mzuzu....