{"id":701,"date":"2011-05-20T18:49:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpthemetestdata.wordpress.com\/?page_id=701"},"modified":"2025-10-20T06:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:35:24","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/times.mw\/dzukapublishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column]\n<div class=\"books-search\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t    <form class=\"\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/times.mw\/dzukapublishing\/\">\n\t        <div class=\"row\">\n            \t<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\n\t            \t<div class=\"form-group\">\n\t                    <input name=\"s\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" class=\"form-control\" id=\"keyword\" placeholder=\"Book Title\">\n\t                <\/div>\n\t            <\/div>\n\t            <div class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\n\t                <div class=\"form-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<select  name='product_cat' id='product_cat' class='form-control'>\n\t<option value='0'>Book Category<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"agriculture\">Agriculture<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"bible-knowledge\">Bible Knowledge<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"biology\">Biology<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"geography\">Geography<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"social-studies\">Social Studies<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"language\">Language<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"life-skills\">Life Skills<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"computer-studies\">Computer Studies<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"physical-education\">Physical Education<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"early-childhood-development-ecd\">Early Childhood Development (ECD)<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"mathematics\">Mathematics<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"home-economics\">Home Economics<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"charts\">Charts<\/option>\n<\/select>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='select-arrow fa fa-angle-down'><\/i>\n\t                <\/div>\n\t            <\/div>\n\n\t\t        \t            <div class=\"col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\n\t                <div class=\"form-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<select  name='book_author' id='book_author' class='form-control'>\n\t<option value='0'>Book Author<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"godwin-mkamanga\">Godwin Mkamanga<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"batson-zambezi\">Batson Zambezi<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"rodrick-kajamu\">Rodrick Kajamu<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"michael-nkhosi\">Michael Nkhosi<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"alice-saiti\">Alice Saiti<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"harvey-gauti\">Harvey Gauti<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"ignasio-jimu\">Ignasio Jimu<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"james-kushe\">James Kushe<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"jimmy-gondwe\">Jimmy Gondwe<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"nick-tembo\">Nick Tembo<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"m-a-banda\">M.A Banda<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"i-j-a-nankwenya\">I.J.A Nankwenya<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"frank-wade-betemeni\">Frank Wade Betemeni<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"patrick-goru\">Patrick Goru<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"paul-joseph-kanthambi\">Paul Joseph Kanthambi<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"paul-banda\">Paul Banda<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"immanuel-mlenga-junior\">Immanuel Mlenga Junior<\/option>\n\t<option class=\"level-0\" value=\"i-k-medi\">I. 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It was the only company that published educational materials that were being used in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>At primary-school level, Dzuka Publishing Company Limited is popularly associated with one of its publications\u2019 characters Timve and Tsala and the Mtunda Series in Chichewa. Many people have fond memories about these publications.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1980s, Dzuka introduced a Dzuka series which was a platform for publishing works written by Malawian writers. Writers such as <em>Steve Chimombo<\/em>, <em>Jolly Max Ntaba<\/em> and <em>John W. Gwengwe<\/em>, among others, were published and popularised. 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