Weekend Investigate
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Starving amid plenty
In this second part of urban poverty series, EPHRAIM NYONDO looks at the anatomy of food insecurity among the urban…
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BMS: How is it transforming local businesses?
With the launch of the Buy Malawi Strategy (BMS), government says the industry has seen a drastic drop of edible…
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Buy Malawian campaign: A hit or miss?
In this three-part series our reporter BOBBY KABANGO examines the role the Buy Malawi Strategy (BMS) has played since its…
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Is policy helping people with disabilities to access sanitation?
In this third part of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) and disabilities, University of Malawi’s Centre for Social Research (CSR)…
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Wash: Challenges disabled Malawians face
Last week, in conjunction with the Centre for Social Research (CSR) of the University of Malawi (Unima) our news analyst…
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The invisible, the unspoken
They live with us, but we hardly see or mind the pain people with disabilities endure, every day, in their…
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Researchers at war with blue gum pests
Tucked in a colonial building at the foot of Zomba Mountain, State-sponsored scientists are edging closer to a novel breakthrough…
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Whats inside the draft Political Parties Bill?
In this third part of political party legislation in Malawi, our Senior News Analyst EPHRAIM NYONDO studied the proposed draft…
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‘New law will strengthen political party regulation’
Last week, in the first part of political party regulation series, experts urged that political parties are poorly legislated in…
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Battle for seed: Who should control it?
Who should produce and own the seeds that farmers use in Malawi? Should it be the multinational seed companies or…
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draft Seed Policy: What are the threats?
Malawi’s agriculture is predominantly defined by small-scale farmers. In fact, studies show that 70 percent of smallholder farmers in the…
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Draft seed policy risks marginalising smallholder farmers
In this three-part series on seed policy in Malawi, we will look at the debate around the draft National Seed…
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Right to water: The debate
As Malawi water woes continue, the onus is on the National Assembly to amend the Constitution to include the right…
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Fighting for the right to water
As access to clean and safe water continues to be elusive for most Malawians, KONDWANI KAMIYALA and EPHRAIM NYONDO explore…
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More water points, yet no water in homes
Far from home, the recently released 2015-2016 Key Indicators Report of the yet-to-be officially released Demographic and Health Survey (DHS),…
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Mobile phones to find home in classrooms
Despite being debatable, there appears to be a thread of agreement among various stakeholders that not far from today, mobile…
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Searching mobile phone space in classrooms
In this third part of mobile phones and education in Malawi’s education, our senior news analyst EPHRAIM NYONDO explores views…
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Mobile phones in classrooms: Friend or foe?
Mobile phones have fundamentally changed not only how we communicate, but how we think, behave and live. But can they…
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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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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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