Last week I returned from a pilgrimage to Rwanda. I was in a group of 60 who participated in a Divine Mercy Apostolate organised pilgrimage and among others celebrated the Catholic feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and...
Food & Drink / Travel & Tourism
by Austin Madinga · Published 11 September 2018 · Last modified 30 November 2019
The translocation of 500 elephants to Nkhotakota Game Reserve and the restocking of lions and other game to Liwonde National Parks has seen Malawi getting lots of press coverage as a tourist and wildlife safari destination of choice. The world-famous...
Malawi joins the world in celebrating Tourism Month every September with the World Tourism Day being held on 27th September. The theme for this year is Tourism and the Digital Transformation and it highlights the need for increased investment in...
Lake of Stars makes its return this year and will be held at newly built Kabumba Hotel in Leopard’s Bay, Salima. The 3-day festival will be held from 28 – 30 September
A pictorial of random sights from Nsanje to Dowa and Ntcheu to the lake of stars, Lake Malawi. Malawi Wokongola – Beautiful Malawi!
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
Yesterday I attended Ngoma in Bawi. It’s a traditional Ngoni Festival held once every two years and features traditional Ngoni dances from Ntcheu, Dedza, Mzimba and Mozambique to mention a few. The function is organised by the Katola family. The...
Sometime last week I found myself in Kampala, Uganda with a couple of other people from Southern Africa and two from East Africa. Our flight arrived after 8pm so I thought the one hour drive from Entebbe to Kampala would...
I was recently in Windhoek, Namibia to attend an Africa Partner Network meeting of the Television for the Environment of which I am a partner. At the end of our meeting, we took a trip out into the Namib Desert...
