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
Category: Thoughts
“Blogging is about Freedom”
That is how Kondwani Munthali, winner of the MISA Malawi Blogger of the Year Award, put it!
Wasn’t Mangochi a better candidate for city?
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...
“Did you just say yaaaah?”
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...
Electricity demand to rise 70% by 2015
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.
Are we learning from the happenings around us?
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!
Power all day, party all night!
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...
Local Malawi television content
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....
Insanity on the roads of Lilongwe
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...
of speed traps
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’...
