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Of women’s performance in politics
With mixed feelings, I keep reading the news that women did not do well in the May 2014 Tripartite Elections,…
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Floods worsen poverty in Ntcheu
Even before the devastating floods, Aida Marko, 39, from Chawanje Village in Ntcheu had enough problems to worry about. Losing…
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Flood victims’ cry
Geoffina Gilisoni, 90, of Kutulo 1 Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Lundu in Chikwawa, curses the night raging waters hounded her…
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Vision 2020: Can it change Malawi?
Malawi, according to fundamental principles guiding the current waves of public sector reforms, is at a crossroads. As such, it…
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OPC, LWB, AEJ unite in replanting Dzalanyama
At least 2 000 trees were planted on the banks of Lilongwe River last Saturday as part of replanting exercise…
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Should public positions be tied to presidential tenure?
The expectation is that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) must operate with independence from appointing officers. That expectation, however,…
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Smallholder farmers’ survival in times of floods
While some flood victims queue to receive relief items at Bangula Primary School Camp in Nsanje, Geoffrey Mbenje (70) of…
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Probing NCHE’s university selection system
Selection to public universities will now be done by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE). I explore the merits…
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Women deliver without health workers at Edingeni clinic
When Bubile Banda, 19, started experiencing persistent stomach pains at Edingeni Health Centre in Mzimba, she knew that her time…
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Empowering communities to achieve beyond dreams
In other places, heroes are said to be born, but in Kafumbo Village in Dowa District, Central part of Malawi,…
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Improved sack kills weevils
Rural farmers have Malawi join a league of nations to kill weevils without using chemicals or metal silos. JAMES CHAVULA…
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Wading in waters waist high to get to class
A team of Unicef and government officials are busy trying to organise flood victims at Chantulo camp. Then, a young teenage…
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Conquering disability with faith
At knock-off time from Chichiri Secondary School in Blantyre, she thought the rain had receded and crawled with difficulty towards…
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Should Malawi criminalise marital rape?
Gender experts argue that while the proliferation of domestic violence legislation worldwide is a positive and much-needed development, the explicit…
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Unpacking Mutharika’s dream colleges
At Ezondweni in Mzimba, we got a snapshot of what President Peter Mutharika’s dream of community colleges looks, feels and…
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Can rape happen in marriage?
Sometime last year, the Coalition of Women Against HIV and Aids (Cowla) organised a meeting in Traditional Authority (T/A) Bvumbwe…
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Malawi to plant 15m trees in National Forestry Season
Government expects Malawians to plant 15 million trees during this year’s National Forestry Season, which runs from December 15 to…
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Mikuyu: From torture to teacher
Jonas Sengo, 19, and renowned poet Professor Jack Mapanje, 71, do not know each other. But the two have one…
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Ebola kills bush meat business in Malawi
He has been poaching for nearly 30 years, surviving attacks from wild animals and armed game rangers. Poaching and selling…
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Can public littering be curbed?
The arrest and subsequent fines which Malawian national, musician Joseph Alfazema, paid in Dubai for public littering, reveals how Malawians…
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