Mangochi declared a town… finally!
It took a while but it has finally happened. Mangochi has been elevated from a district council to a town status by President Joyce Banda
by Austin Madinga · Published 6 September 2012 · Last modified 17 December 2019
It took a while but it has finally happened. Mangochi has been elevated from a district council to a town status by President Joyce Banda
by Austin Madinga · Published 30 July 2012 · Last modified 2 September 2020
That is how Kondwani Munthali, winner of the MISA Malawi Blogger of the Year Award, put it!
For the past few years, there has been a lot of talk from the government about turning Nsanje into a city with its own airport, port, banks and other modern amenities. We have seen a scramble for land and construction...
Back in the very early 90’s, I happened to spend a school year at Phwezi Secondary School in Rumphi. It is not really a place I miss, come to think of it. Water was a constant problem that forced us...
The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation has said that electricity demand is expected to rise by 70% from the current 344 megawatts to 571 megawatts by 2015 and 854 megawatts by 2020.
Environment & Conservation / Thoughts
by Austin Madinga · Published 17 November 2009 · Last modified 19 March 2020
There is no doubt in my mind that there are a series of mini-crises happening around us. Maybe none too serious to bring us to our knees… yet!
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has finally succumbed to public and consumer rights pressure and changed its slogan from Power All Day, Every Day to Towards Power All Day, Every Day. A rarity in Malawian corporate history? Can’t really...
by Austin Madinga · Published 7 January 2008 · Last modified 2 September 2020
Two years ago while at a filmmakers and distributors conference, an issue was raised about film and documentary distribution in Africa particularly English speaking countries. I learnt that most television stations prefer to broadcast local country content above anything else....
Over the past few weeks and months, a number of traffic lights have been installed in places which previously didn’t have them or vandalised ones have been replaced. These devices were placed there with the aim of bringing sanity to...
There was an article in one of the weekend papers where some official from the National Road Safety Council was trying to justify the introduction of speed traps. He claimed they had so far fined over 1,000 people for ‘overspeeding’...