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Brimming calabashes of Phoka
They are music instruments, cups, buckets, flasks and so much more. Literally, the gourds are calabashes of the rich brew called African culture. “Plastic ware may have taken over, but the gourds...
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Nollywood movies penetrate Khonjeni
Travelling from Thyolo Boma to Khonjeni one may be tempted to think that the area is far removed from today’s world of entertainment. It is located about 26-kilometres away from Thyolo Boma and is...
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Take a walk around town and see how some motorists try their desperate best to impress—deafening sound systems played at full volume, overdone paintworks, inconsiderable speed and all modified loud...
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Suspect dies in cell
Mwanza Police Station has raised people’s eyebrows after it met the costs of the funeral of a 35-year-old suspect who died in their custody on July 5 2015. Weekend Nation understands that on Saturday,...
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People shun development over Fisp
Some families in Chikwawa—which fail to make it onto the list of beneficiaries of Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp)—refuse to take part in development activities in their areas, Weekend Nation has...
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‘Trust us with finances’
A preliminary report by the National Audit Office (NAO) early this year raised various issues of financial mismanagement at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Our reporter LUCKY MKANDAWIRE caught...
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Four locals, 25 foreigners apply for Flames job
With just a day before the closing date for receiving applications for the Malawi Flames job, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has disclosed that so far four locals and 25 foreigners have applied...
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Yasini tops Mzuzu FMB U-20 scorers chart
Evance Yasini of Mzuzu-based Fish Eagles is the leading goal scorer of the 2015 FMB Under-20 football league. With just a week to conclude the first round of the league, the Fish Eagles striker has...
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Tigers overtake Be Forward Wanderers
Azam Tigers yesterday dislodged Be Forward Wanderers from the second position in the TNM Super League following a 4-0 demolition of struggling Epac FC at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. The emphatic win...
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RBM deputy boss dares economists
Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Deputy Governor (economics) Naomi Ngwira on Friday challenged economists in the country to enhance collaboration in the area of research if Malawi is to realise meaningful...
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Media effective in checking anti-competitive behaviour in Comesa
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) competition commission has urged the media in the region to raise public awareness on the role of the commission and the benefits of...
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Malawi hosts tobacco meet
Malawi is today hosting Tobacco Coalition for Eastern and Southern Africa also known as T5 Meeting at the Bingu International Convention Center (Bicc) in Lilongwe. The objective of the meeting...
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Engineers urged to be innovative
Local engineers have been challenged to be innovative if their profession is to contribute towards efforts to turnaround the social and economic fortunes of the country. FDH Bank Limited managing...
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What is the main economic burden in Malawi today? The unemployed will say unemployment is the problem. But the media usually complain of prices in shops and interest rates in banks. Slow growth rates...
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Federer targets quality education for 150 000 children
Tennis superstar Rodger Federer reaffirmed his commitment to providing quality preschool education to children in Malawi. Federer said this today at the launch of the Lundu Community Based Childcare...
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Women celebrate Femininity with art
Women ought to be celebrated for having made great strides toward acceptance, equality and respect. However, women have always been used as subjects of art, produced in the negative light....
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Kasungu in serious water woes —Report
Access to safe water in the country will remain a challenge to many people if a recent assessment report by the Kalondolondo Programme on tap water in Kasungu is anything to go by. The assessment...
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Chiradzulu Police empowers community policing forum
In a quest to improve security within communities in the country, Chiradzulu Police Station on July 18 2015 donated 30 reflector jackets and torches to Mpunga Community Policing Forum in...
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Zomba farmers challenged on irrigation farming
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Development Erica Maganga has urged farmers to take irrigation farming seriously if the country is to eradicate hunger and...
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TNM disappointed with violence
As the first-round of the Super League heads towards conclusion, sponsors TNM have expressed concern with the acts of violence that characterised some games. TNM public relations and sponsorship...
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