Feature of the Week
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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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Growing into men without legs
They don’t have a foot and a leg to play football. Yet, they jolt about, run fast for the ball,…
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Inclusive education that excludes others
Fifty-five years after independence, and close to a century after formal education was introduced in Malawi, visually impaired students cannot…
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Transforming street children into productive citizens
His father was the sole breadwinner such that when he died, the family’s living conditions worsened. “We could hardly have…
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Blindness crumbles man’s life
The life of Anderson Kampira, 40, a visually impaired man who lost his sight in 2016, has been shattered as…
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Survivor’s war on cervical cancer
Falesi Wajomba, sounded heartbroken when asked about her long walks to ensure no woman dies of the common condition. At…
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Fighting deep-rooted traditions to save babies
Living in a remote area, miles away from civilisation, a community is easily brain-washed or confined to certain cultural beliefs.…
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Solar energy rekindles farmers’ hopes
It is 8am when we arrive in Mwalija Village, a floodplain in Chikwawa District where gushing water from Lake Malawi…
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So close to clean water, yet so far
Febbie Mfune of Mpota area, in group village head Kadalume under Senior Chief Katumbi in Hewe, Rumphi, cannot remember the…
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Hierarchy shadows conquering our democracy
The former ruling People’s Party (PP) on Friday sealed its national convention, where founding leader and Malawi’s ex-president Joyce Banda…
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A city trembling to diesel gensets
When power flickers off, a din of generators brings to light Malawi’s noisy race for unsustainable energy, writes our features…
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Makanjira’s road transport woes
The Mangochi-Makanjira Road has been in the news over the years as one road that needs upgrading. But year after…
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Learners’ Council: Empowering children to deal with violence
Sherif Nkhata, a Standard Seven pupil at Thanula Primary School in Traditional Authority (T/A) Timbiri, Nkhata Bay is not…
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Will $4.8 million save cotton industry?
People such as Patrick Zgambo, Sarai Nkhonjera and Lughambo Mwalughali in Karonga as well as Victor Rabson in Balaka have…
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The terrible toll of Malawi’s power cuts
Anger boiled over after a national blackout in December, which saw babies dying in incubators, yet outages are frequent—for the…
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An excursion into Muloza water project
Fifty-nine villages in Muloza area, under Traditional Authority (T/A) Njema in Mulanje District, lie scattered like broken china under the…
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Distance not a barrier to skills attainment
The deep blue-coloured building with two doors facing the dusty road, Ntambanyama in Njovu Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Khwethemule, is…
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Qmam champions sexual health
A man carrying a reed mat leads the way as grief-stricken villagers take the remains of a young woman…
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Chitipa’s linguistic diversity
It is a warm sunset at Chitipa Boma. Men from different backgrounds gather around a pool table in a…
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Year later, Nkhata Bay Jetty still in shambles
It is now a year since the Nkhata Bay Jetty pontoon—the bridge that links arriving and departing vessels—sunk due to…
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