South Sudan rebel chief in Ethiopia for talks with Kiir
South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar, arrived in Ethiopia for a meeting with President Salva Kiir, as part of talks to try to negotiate an end to a five-year civil war, a rebel spokesperson said. “I...
View ArticleWorld Vision International bemoans education standards
World Vision International (WVI) has warned that increased cases of primary school learners who cannot read or write may negatively impact national development. The problem is prevalent in Traditional...
View ArticleMacoha orients teachers on inclusive education
Malawi Council for the Handicapped (Macoha) representatives are pointing out that access to quality education for children with disabilities will remain a far-fetched dream as most teachers have...
View ArticleDedza councillors query stalled projects
Councillors in Dedza are pressing the government to provide funding for the completion of some District Development Fund (DDF) projects, purportedly due to inadequate funding over the past two...
View ArticleCharge Lonrho!
On payday back when the Malawi Kwacha was at times at par with the South African Rand, we were kings. Once you collected your pay envelope from Accounts, the rest of the day either went too fast or too...
View ArticleHonouring Ida Chilembwe
President Peter Mutharika says exclude women in any development agenda and you may as well forget about moving forward as a nation. “No country can develop without empowering women to be part of...
View ArticleHarming the future generation
It’s not yet Thursday, the day young people of Traditional Authority Malemia in Nsanje usually meet to discuss various issues concerning their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) but they...
View ArticleTale of tailoring for survival
Sandy Nsindo pauses in his work and points at building structures about 200 metres away in front of him, where some youth are engrossed in learning vocational skills. “If I had not gone to that centre,...
View ArticlePolitical parties fail to send election monitors
Most political parties are yet to submit names of party representatives to monitor the on-going voter registration exercise despite the Malawi Electoral Commission sending several reminders. The voter...
View ArticleBreaking the silence on home-bred violence
By Foster Benjamin Along the dusty Thabwa Road, off Chikwawa-Ngabu stretch, dozens of school children march and sing. In chorus, they sing of the problem women and girls share— exposure to sexual...
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