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.
Category: Society
Nature for Water
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...
Use chiefs to save the environment
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.
Charge Reckless Pedestrians Too
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...
Empower girls with education
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...
The internet is the new Aeropagus
If you had a choice to reach out to new converts by building a new church or using the internet, which would you choose?
Save that drop: Malawi’s water woes
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...
Cleaning up our litter
I was pleasantly surprised when I read this tweet yesterday by a Kenyan parliamentary aspirant.
Giving Girl Dropouts a Second Chance at an Education
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...
“Blogging is about Freedom”
That is how Kondwani Munthali, winner of the MISA Malawi Blogger of the Year Award, put it!
