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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lessons from Zanzibar
Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island has been struggling with drowning over the years. The figures are alarming. The island with a population...
Teaching children survival swimming
Every Saturday Lunia Bandawe, a resident of Chiwembe Township in Blantyre takes her children for swimming lessons at a hotel...
Building eco conscious communities
In recent times, there has been a boom of cooking stoves touted to use less firewood for cooking and heating...
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...
Plastics polluting tourist spots
On a sweltering morning in Salima, we saw how growing thirst for water packaged in plastic bottles is slowly polluting...
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...
Towards diverse bites
What crop gives you food as rainy seasons become shorter, firewood as trees vanish and relish when the pockets run...
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...
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...
