Development
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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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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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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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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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Girl rescues herself from pre-arranged early marriage
Her uncle would beat her up and with the help of her mother, hide the little girl’s clothes and put…
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Washing away a silent crisis
Why did T/A Kaduya residents sing and dance as Water Wells for Africa drilled boreholes in their midst? JAMES CHAVULA…
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Saving environment with cow dung
Eunice Luhanga, a cook, lit a faint blue flame over one of two gas stoves in a kitchen at…
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Malawi youths and rhetorical leadership
As the country celebrates 49 years of independence on July 6, the role of the youth is becoming questionable, especially…
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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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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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Community’s passion for saving Dwambazi water tower
The fight is on to save one of Malawi’s most treasured national resources, the lush Dwambazi Forest Reserve in Nkhotakota,…
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Good prices woo farmers
I read with interest the news item titled ‘Chibambo Chirwa schools Marymount students’ which appeared in The Nation recently. Mr…
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Triumph against adversity
The winding of Golomoti road in the highlands of Dedza and Ntcheu makes quite an interesting travel to a tourist.…
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Is there hope for Mudi River?
It is 07:10 am and traffic is thick along Victoria Avenue in Blantyre. Despite losing patience with the snail’s pace…
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Questioning chiefs’ power over customary land
T/A Kachindamoto of Dedza has not hidden her displeasure with the passed Land Bill currently awaiting President Joyce Banda’s signature.…
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When poverty wears a woman’s face
When she moved to Blantyre in search for employment seven years ago, 30-year-old Christina Banda (not her real name) thought…
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The filthy commercial city of Blantyre
It might be a cliché to continue blaming local government authorities for uncurbed waste spills in the country’s cities, but…
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Deepening desire for parity
On May 26, nurse Emmie Chanika does not just celebrate sharing a birthday with veteran gender activist Vera Chirwa, a…
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Mwanza: A high-risk corridor
Malawi’s border district of Mwanza there is seldom one way to go—except many are risky as the world is vying…
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Living on borrowed land
Most Malawians live and toil on customary land, portions they cannot prove to own. As the Land Bill awaits Parliament…
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