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Suffering for water
For over 3000 people from Senior Group Village Head (SGVH) Nsamba, Traditional Authority (T/A) Chimombo in Nsanje, Makoka Primary…
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Quota system: Good policy gone bad?
Last week, we showed how the equitable access to public universities (also known as quota system) disadvantages students who learn…
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The forgotten disaster
Ethel Khosa, 34, escaped death right in her house. The rains that caused a landslide in Masasa Township in Mzuzu…
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Bringing justice to water access
Malawians face perennial water problems. As KONDWANI KAMIYALA finds out, policy and other commitments are not enough to improve…
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Kachindamoto inspires Karonga chief
She is a global icon, a somewhat fearsome chief famed for opening a new realm of possibility for young Malawians…
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Importing toothpicks?
Under the roofs of dilapidated structures in Ndirande Township in Blantyre is a booming local industry crying for Malawians’ patronage.…
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From cabin cleaner to pilot
Dreams do come true. If you hold on long enough and keep the faith. That is Godfrey Masauli’s testimony. A…
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How quota system is worsening inequality
Experts say education is key to breaking the generational cycle of inequality. However, as EPHRAIM NYONDO finds out, the quota…
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Empowering women to fight gender abuse
Last year, Ella Lukhele, a single mother of two girls, registered for the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp). She…
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Government for open defeacation-free communities
Malawi is working towards achieving open defeacation free (ODF) status by 2017 through the Accelerated Sanitation and Hygiene Practices Programme…
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When billions are lost to tree planting
There have been many tree planting campaigns in Malawi, but are the efforts bearing fruit. ALBERT SHARRA explores. When it…
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House that empowers released prisoners
Around midmorning on February 20 2015, gates at the Zomba Maximum Security Prison swung open to let out a 59-year-old…
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Sailing Chitipa youths beyond secondary education
Milliam Kaonga has been raised in a poor household by her single mother in the remote area of Namabi Village,…
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Water for endangered green gold
Investing in dams is cushioning rural tobacco farmers from effects of climate change. JAMES CHAVULA writes. In February, Tobacco…
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Thuchila Forest on verge of extinction
Thuchila Forest in Phalombe, just like Dzalanyama in Lilongwe, is slowly dying. After wiping out the forest area on…
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Counting cost of unsafe water
Elsewhere, women are protected from walking late in the night as it is considered risky. But in Mujiwa Village,…
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Veiled voices of the excluded child
Hajirah Chigwiya, 18, keeps enduring verbal abuse. Almost daily, her fellow learners at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources…
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Water for endangered green gold
Investing in dams is cushioning rural tobacco farmers from effects of climate change, JAMES CHAVULA writes. In February, Tobacco Control…
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Tea that feeds the community
Friday Goodson, 55, has worked at Lujeri Tea Estate for about two decades. He comes from Kuta Village, Traditional Authority…
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Taking HIV fight to adolescents
Mary Nkhoma from Nkwanzi area in Mchinji knows how tricky it is to access youth friendly health services (YFHS)—and even…
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