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Woman returns to primary school after three children
Impregnated and forced to marry at 15 in 2002, Gloria Bush, 28, never thought events would soon turn around for…
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Reducing unemployment with skills
**Feature written by JABULANI KAMNGOYA A short man with a few turfs of grey beard sits with a sewing machine…
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Guard the environment—communities advised
Malawi Government has called on people living in the Lake Chilwa Basin to save the lake from drying up again…
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Side effects in ARVs, another thorn in HIV, Aids fight
For Davson Mkandawire (47) of Senior Chief Lukwa in Kasungu, but based in Chirimba Township in Blantyre, the phased…
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Tolerant seeds for resilient harvests
In Mzimba and Kasungu, ‘you reap what you sow’ is a familiar saying like no other. From the tobacco-growing…
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Will Malawi media safeguard its freedoms?
One famous Russian writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov once said: “I am a passionate supporter of [press] freedom, and I…
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Malawians sidelined as firms race for coal
The country’s mining landscape calls for improvements, but the one that will take steely resolve is ending the exclusion of…
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Scrutinising Malawi’s health financing reforms
Shortage. Poor. Inadequate. Unsatisfactory. High ratios. Increased burden. Surprised? Do not be. These are just some of the many…
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Cadecom in disaster mitigation project
The Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (Cadecom) recently embarked on a community participatory low-cost disaster mitigation and water and…
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PIM struggles despite rich history
It is unusual for the congregation to clap hands in unison after a prayer has been offered. But this…
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Tears of xenophobia victims
At around 8pm last Monday, six buses bearing South African registration entered the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre one after the…
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Can Malawi eradicate malaria?
Malawi has an exciting and ambitious vision for malaria. In the 2011-2016 National Malaria Strategic Plan, government envisions a…
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Cashing in on informal pupils’ contributions
Tears well up in Doris Kihaule’s eyes as she speaks of how she and her grandmother struggle to raise…
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Malawi’s malaria battle rages on
Malawi joins the commemoration of World Malaria Day tomorrow with news that prevalence rate of the pandemic has dropped…
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Sneaking out of unemployment web
Unemployment remains a big challenge among the youth in the country. Solutions to reverse the situation are there, but yet…
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Faith leaders encourage tree planting to save environment
Faith leaders in Thyolo have blamed the floods Malawi experienced this year on reckless tree cutting. The floods displaced thousands…
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Orphans toil for education
In 2003 and 2007, 16-year-old Mercy Hussein lost her father and mother respectively. Since then, she has been struggling to…
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Improving literacy in lower primary school
Daniel Matchipisa dropped out in Standard Five in 2012. The former pupil of Kantchito Primary School in Traditional Authority (T/A)…
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Searching gold amid turmoil in SA
In 2004, 17-year-old Yamikani Musowa of Traditional Authority (T/A) Nchilamwera in Thyolo set off for Blantyre City with a friend.…
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Government warns on Kongwe Forest Reserve encroachment
Government has asked people surrounding Kongwe Forest Reserve to stop encroachment on the reserve in Dowa. This was said during…
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