Opportunity in fish ’embalming’ revelation
Rumours have made the rounds for years that fresh fish vendors use chemicals to keep their catch fresh. However no one had ever provided proof… until now.
Rumours have made the rounds for years that fresh fish vendors use chemicals to keep their catch fresh. However no one had ever provided proof… until now.
We have every reason to ensure our beautiful Lake Malawi is kept clean and bustling with life. It provides food, livelihoods, drinking water and power for millions. It is also one of our major tourism attractions.
The past few days have seen floods hitting areas in northern and central Malawi. People have been displaced and property damaged in Rumphi, Nkhata Bay and Lilongwe districts.
The Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) released statistics to show that the number of people dying in traffic accidents had increased in the past year. The blame has largely been heaped on drivers for driving under the...
Seventeen year old Fyness is awakened by the movement of the goat she shares her living quarters with. In the distance, the sound of Cockerels breaks the predawn silence. It is time for her to rise and set off for...
Like most countries in the Southern Africa region, Malawi has faced severe water stress in the past few years owing to low rainfall during the period. This has affected the generation of electricity as well as agricultural productivity. And water...
I was pleasantly surprised when I read this tweet yesterday by a Kenyan parliamentary aspirant.
This past few days I have been participating in a Unicef sponsored Social Media for Youth and Bloggers workshop in Mangochi. The participants including secondary school youth from Mangochi district and established bloggers and journalists from Blantyre and Lilongwe.
That is how Kondwani Munthali, winner of the MISA Malawi Blogger of the Year Award, put it!
I am not one to chuck out an empty juice bottle or plastic bags from my car window but I have not always been like that. It was in the 90’s when my brother-in-law reprimanded me for throwing out an...
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