Feature of the Week
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It’s not far away from Malawi
It takes just two hours for a planeload of people from South Africa to touch down in Lilongwe or Blantyre.…
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Which way? Federal, Rotational or Proportional?
Harriet Nyondo of Mwenechendo under Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwabulambia in Chitipa, who on October 21 2016 gave birth to her…
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Giving teen mothers second chance
On September 16 2019 four teen girls arrived at Masambanjati Primary School in Thyolo South—two years after they dropped out…
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Plight of children with cerebral palsy, poor women
One morning in 2013—a few months after the birth of her first child—Alice Khangiwa of Kachingwe Village, Traditional Authority Nkalo,…
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Safeguarding Malawian child
Chasowa Kambala walks long distances to help children faced with various abuses. The 35-year-old volunteer, from Traditional Authority Malenga in…
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Is 50+1 the answer to problems in current electoral system?
SALULE MASANGWI Contributor It is some months now since the elections were conducted on May 21 2019. The declaration of…
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Irony of inclusive education in Malawi
In Malawi, all persons are accorded the right to education under Section 25 (1) of the Constitution. On the other…
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Mothers feel free to breastfeed in public
Health experts indicate that breastfeeding—the feeding of babies and young children with milk from a woman’s breast—gives babies the best…
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Making money from bee stings
After witnessing uncontrolled tree-cutting and bushfires, a group of men and women in Nkhata Bay formed a cooperative to promote…
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Man discovers niche in road project
Ketera Bikosi Kapira from Chapinga Village in Traditional Authority Mlolo’s area in Nsanje is one of the people affected by…
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Schoolboys defend girls’ rights
To kick-start the 16 Days of Activism to combat gender-based violence, our Staff Writer JAMES CHAVULA unravels how boys at…
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Lessons from Zanzibar
Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island has been struggling with drowning over the years. The figures are alarming. The island with a population…
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Teaching children survival swimming
Every Saturday Lunia Bandawe, a resident of Chiwembe Township in Blantyre takes her children for swimming lessons at a hotel…
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Building eco conscious communities
In recent times, there has been a boom of cooking stoves touted to use less firewood for cooking and heating…
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Plight of visually-impaired mothers
A delaide Tengeza, a visually impaired woman from Nkawela Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chimaliro in Thyolo recalls vividly how she…
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Plastics polluting tourist spots
On a sweltering morning in Salima, we saw how growing thirst for water packaged in plastic bottles is slowly polluting…
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Reclaiming Thyolo’s banana status
Stories abound that when a baby cried in Thyolo, the mother gave it a banana before breastfeeding it. That is…
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Towards diverse bites
What crop gives you food as rainy seasons become shorter, firewood as trees vanish and relish when the pockets run…
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Justice for rape victims with mental conditions
On New Year’s Eve, Cynthia, from Chileka in Blantyre, was defiled by a 21-year-old man who was aware of her…
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Solid start to child learning
Friday Kambanje is one of few men taking caregiving roles in community-based childcare centres (CBCCs) credited with giving every child…
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