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On Stones, Under Sheds: The Forgotten Learners of Thyolo and Dedza (opens the original)
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It is 7 o'clock in the morning in the hard-to-reach hills of Traditional Authority Mbawera, more than 50 kilometres south of Thyolo Boma. Beneath sagging, leaking grass-thatched shelters, cold winds sweep through. Nearly 300 children in torn and dusty uniforms sit shoulder to shoulder on the bare ground. Their desks are stones. Their classrooms are trees and an unfinished brick structure. This is Nyenyedi Community-Led Primary School. Not built by government. Built by a community determined to g
When Culture Hurts, Children Pay the Price in Malawi's Initiation Camps (opens the original)
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Mphuka Village in Thyolo fell silent on the morning four girls aged between 11 and 16 left home to collect firewood. When they returned, their lives had changed forever. According to their families, men at a nearby initiation camp allegedly intercepted the girls near a river, dragged them into the camp, stripped them and assaulted them. Alfandika Bizwick, an uncle to one of the victims, alleges that two men sexually assaulted one of the girls on August 14, 2026. "The girls went to the bushes to
When Rains Fail, Children and Women Pay the Price (opens the original)
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After harvesting a poor maize crop from a one-hectare field in April 2026, Harry Thuwera aged 61, of Nang’ombe Village, Senior Chief Boyidi in Thyolo district, planted NUA 45, a fast-maturing, bio-fortified bean variety, hoping to harvest at least five 50-kilogram bags from the same field during the winter cropping season. For a farmer, Thuwera, the beans were supposed to be a second chance. His beans germinated with moisture, but it quickly disappeared under weeks of scorching sunshine. By July
LEG Hails MANEB, Over "Professional" Administration of 2026 National Exams (opens the original)
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An education policy and research think-tank, Link for Education Governance (LEG), has commended education stakeholders including the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) for professionally and efficiently administering this year’s three national public exams under the free user-fee policy. The 2026 national examinations, PSLCE, JCE and MSCE —were administered from 1st June to 4th July 2026. LEG Executive Director, Dr. Limbani Nsapato, told Zodiak Online Monday that the process was largely
From South Africa's Shadows to Thyolo's Fish Ponds (opens the original)
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For years, South Africa represented hope for thousands of Malawians searching for jobs and a better future. It was the land where dreams were expected to come true, where hard work promised a decent income, and where families left behind anticipated a better life. The labour migration dates back from 1900s through the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WENERA), an organization established to recruit men from Malawi and across Southern Africa to work in South African gold mines. Others went
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