Pemphero Mphande

Open Letter to Rafiq Hajat Over Gandhi

Nov 19, 2018 5

Dear Rafiq, I have read your sentiments on the Mahatma Gandhi issue with keen interest. You have categorically labelled the movement as appealing to the racial divisions that exist In Malawi. You wrote and I… ...

1995: The Civil War of Malawi

Apr 14, 2018 0

Prologue: Where Women Collide The story starts in the village of Kaigwazanga, T/A Mkanda of Mchinji District: Nyamuskani sat on the verandah of her house. She was relaxed on a hot afternoon of September. At… ...

Who slapped that girl’s ass?

Apr 12, 2018 7

Yesterday I went to shoprite and somehow, I found myself at Ginnery corner. Why is it called Ginnery corner though? We must rename one of the centres of Blantyre to an African name. We would… ...

Meeting Oprah Winfrey

Feb 13, 2018 27

I met Oprah Winfrey weeks ago in a rural area in Chipata, Zambia. I was traveling from Malawi to Lusaka when I stopped by Chipata for sight-seeing. My sight-seeing took me to a village within… ...

Gule wamkulu dancer arrested

Dec 18, 2017 84

Police in Chikwawa are keeping in custody a 17 year old gule wamkulu dancer on suspicion that he wounded his fellow dancer. Police have identified the suspect as innocent Tayi. Chikwawa police public relations officer… ...

ATSIKANA AKU MA HOSTEL

Sep 21, 2017 27

Last month I received a call from an old friend from Zomba. He was coming to Blantyre to process his passport and needed a place to crush at. I hadn’t seen him in a long… ...