I remained pure for nothing?
Dear BMW, I am one of your most profound followers because I believe you give the best advice so I hope you will be able to give me a solution to a problem I am having. You see BMW, I was brought up...
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Mercy Kasito: Founder of Mended Hearts
When torments of loss threaten to swallow you whole, there seems to be no open door for escape. Mercy Kasito, 25, experienced agony at the loss of her best friend to cancer, Ferai, two years ago. She...
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Never too young to take on the world
While most young people feel entrepreneurial ideas are hard to find, 23-year-old Rejoice Namale and 21-year-old Tapiwa Chigumula indicate otherwise. The duo co-founded Grow and Glow Events, a...
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Tendai Banda: 2018 Inspirational woman of the year
For most people, achievement is defined by a great job, success, plenty of money and property. But for Tendai Banda, all she wanted from a young age in her life was to be useful. To that end, she...
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When women unleash violence towards each other
The gender fight has for long been directed at men. But women are a part of violence, including bullying fellow women. The fight will be partly over when women that climb the corporate and political...
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Kasonga’s uphill task of immunising her babies
Two months ago, the community of Kasonga in Zomba District received a gas fridge from government to store vaccines for immunising its children. Nothing could have excited the community more;...
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Chifuniro Kamwendo: Global teacher prize nominee
“I believe education has a place in opening one’s mind and eyes to see the many opportunities available and have access to what the world offers,” says vibrant Chifuniro Kamwendo a teacher with a...
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India’s way of fighting gender imbalance
On new years’ day, women in India made a 620 km human wall to protest gender inequality. Five million women stood shoulder to shoulder across the length of southern Kerala in the peaceful protest. The...
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Susan Chimbato: Pigeon pea farmer
When I got widowed in 2011, I quickly realised the need for self-reliance, begins Susan Chimbayo Chairman of the Nandolo (Pigeon pea) Farmers Association of Malawi. Having lost the bread winner in the...
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A chance with cervical cancer vaccine
Last year, Malawi registered 4 163 new cases of cervical cancer among women and 2 879 died from the same, Minister of Health (MOH) Atupele Muluzi told our sister paper The Nation. He was speaking...
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Thokozile Nkhoma: Beyond the gutters, pain and loss
“I was one of the children who were born with a silver spoon. However, that pride and glory did not last; it was only lived 12 years of my life until the day he died in 1997.” “He was the breadwinner...
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Temwa Chirembo: Co-Founder of Ukani Malawi
Most people don’t realise, but they mourn their lack of achievement because they cannot tell the difference between a dream and wishful thinking. Temwa Chirembo, 22, tells a different story. She says...
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Justice Anastasia Msosa: The woman who has been it all in the Judiciary
Even if our lives are abundant with wisdom and accomplishments, character and the will to accomplish the tasks at hand are pivotal. Due diligence to perform with excellence is the life story that...
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An interview with Ras Chikomeni’s mother
The pairing of Ras Chikomeni and his mother Nyness Kayange as president and running mate is a wonder to some sectors. However, many more would want to know who she is, her role and her reasons for...
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‘Parents should take up sex education’
While a booming 17.4 million population figure already scares the few resources Malawi has, sex education remains inadequate. Meanwhile, adolescent girls and boys—with new features appearing on their...
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Joyce Evercie Banda: Entrepreneurship for survival and empowerment
While most people depend on their jobs to sustain themselves, Joyce Evercie Banda decided she would follow her heart in entrepreneurship. Banda, 39, is the founder and director of Wijays Enterprises—a...
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Estelle Nuka: Lie coach, consultant, author
“My life purpose is to help others live a happy, fulfilling life and grow in their spiritual, personal and economic lives,” says Estelle Nuka, life coach and founder of EWN (Estelle Wongani Nuka)...
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Malawi flood disaster: Where is the love?
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to build them up.” (Romans 15:1-2) Giving...
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Mzuzu SDA youth donate to widow
Mzuzu City Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youth last Sunday donated construction materials worth K100 000 to a widow in Nkhata Bay. Neff Chisale comes from Kambulumbulu Village in Traditional Authority...
View ArticleThe nonsense of defending culprits must stop
The Zomba Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court recently convicted Father Numeri Mweta, 39, for abducting, defiling and procuring a 15-year-old girl. He has been renting houses for the girl since July...
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