Tobias Kumwenda

Liwonde’s explosive sex web

Jul 18, 2018 4

What happens in Vegas remains in Vegas, however, Liwonde and Zomba Malawi’s parts are alternatively known as Half London. Here, the islanders warn wagging tongues to mind the shoreline. “What happens in the water remains… ...

Death traps in schools forcing learners to quit

Jul 12, 2018 0

It is 11 am. The sun is already very high and the heat unbearable. Here, in Malawi’s lakeshore district dominated by fishermen, men are talking to each other. Do you know it's young man called… ...

Blantyre Archdiocese ordains eleven priests

Jul 09, 2018 0

On a chilly Saturday, Limbe Cathedral in Blantyre was home to long, winding rows as eleven deacons were ordained to priesthood. His Grace Blantyre Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa led the mass. “A priest is a… ...

Riding Kago in Karonga

Jul 06, 2018 0

I arrive in Karonga at around 11 PM. Ordinarily the weather is supposed to be cool at this ungodly hour. But not in Karonga. It's about 24 degrees Celsius, screams a strategically nearby night patrol… ...

Weddings in Malawi: a pressure or pleasure?

Jul 06, 2018 0

I am still in Blantyre city centre. This was the answer I gave one Saturday morning when my wife asked my whereabouts as she was waiting for me to attend to an emergency back home.… ...

Reducing maternal and child mortality through ICT

Jun 28, 2018 2

A dim ray of sunlight shines through the window of the Post-Partum Room at Lwanda Health Center in Machinjiri, Blantyre. In the small space, which is also used as a storeroom for drugs and other… ...

The generator set: A popular product with potential harmful effects to infants

Jun 26, 2018 1

Lack of clean energy and power is negatively impacting many lives across Africa, Malawi inclusive. At the first day break of dawn 2018 to date, over 645 million Africans — some two-thirds of the people… ...