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Society
PIM as a tourist haven
The first time I trekked to the Providence Industrial Mission (PIM) in Chiradzulu was some time at the turn of…
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Oh hail, the lords of floods
Malawi is devastated. The destruction caused by Cyclone Ana and, just last week, Cyclone Gombe, are heartrending. Lives have been…
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My Diary
Leave no room for impunity
March 3 2022 As I write, the demonstrations organised by the Citizens Against Impunity and Corruption are expected tomorrow. The…
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My Diary
No tolerance for intolerance
February 24 2022 As I write, the Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine has invaded major world news outlets. But that, locally…
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My Diary
Nankhumwa: Endangered as a pangolin
February 17 2022 We all have known the devastation our country is going through. The environmental degradation we have in…
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Malawi is quite funny ha-ha
Malawi is funny. It is funny strange, not funny ha-ha as some would want you to believe! What else would…
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Of Chizuma, Chalamanda and other matters
Former president Bakili Muluzi once said that Malawians forget so easily. Nobody could put it better: We are a forgetting…
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Deeper meaning in BBC onslaught
As I write this afternoon, there have been Malawians storming the BBC News Africa page on Facebook, tearing the broadcaster…
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No sacred cows on Covid funds
What started as a simple citizen demand to the Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) to make public expenditure reports on…
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My Diary
Here was a Tutu, when comes another
As I write, there is only one day before we go into 2022. Whew! What a year 2021 has been!…
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My Diary
Tonse can as well arrest ‘omanga mvula’
December 15 2021 Some people are born heroes, others have heroism thrust on them. Yet others, like Bon Kalindo, have…
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My Diary
Tonse can as well arrest ‘omanga mvula’
December 15 2021 Some people are born heroes, others have heroism thrust on them. Yet others, like Bon Kalindo, have…
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Entertainment News
Mountain tourism on the rise
When Malawi commemorated International Mountain Day (IMD) for the first time in 2019, there were only 14 hikers. With a…
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My Diary
Give us squash, Lilongwe Water Board
December 9 2021 Nature does not like a vacuum. Pachoka mnzako pali malo. Since Bon Kalindo, who is known in…
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Entertainment News
Mountains day celebration Saturday
Hikers and nature enthusiasts will on Saturday scale Zomba Mountain to celebrate the International Mountains Day. Apart from the hike…
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No sacred cows, Mr President
Events in Malawi are hapenning at a supersonic speed like we are on a bullet train! Is it because of…
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Mtambo changed meaning of demos
As I write this, I have just seen a picture of a man bleeding profusely from the head. It is…
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National News
Dream Centre in Covid-19 vaccination
The Dream Centre of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Mandala, Blantyre, has started administering Covid-19 vaccines. In an interview on…
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National News
Chakwera opens Agriculture Fair
Agricultural progress is crucial for the country’s development, President Lazarus Chakwera said yesterday when he opened the 17th National Agriculture…
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Entertainment News
Lucius talks tough on suicide
Mucic icon Lucius Banda on Saturday diverted from the set in his thanksgiving music concert at Ozone Refreshment Centre in…
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