Foreign scrap buyers linked to power infrastructure vandalism
By Simeon Boyce Authorities and industry stakeholders have exposed a growing link between foreign-backed scrap metal exports and the escalating vandalism of critical public...
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‘They robbed my livelihood’: Inside electricity vandalism crisis
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and the Scrap Metals Association believe an unregulated scrap metals trade, which has emerged outside the association’s membership,...
Empty tables, steady hands: Neno mulls loses
By George Banda In the quiet streets of Neno District, Loveness Chingwalu stands in the once-busy courtyard of her lodge, now echoing with silence....
Concern as Malawi kids’ social media appetite in free fall
In Malawi, children are no longer just consumers of social media, they are creators, broadcasters and influencers in their own right. One just has to...
NICO Group launches One NICO Lived Experience
By Justin Mkweu NICO Group has unveiled an internal initiative dubbed the One NICO Lived Experience, aimed at unifying its diverse subsidiaries under a...
Ridding children’s education of divisive wedger
By George Banda For years on end, young, bright boys such as 12-year-old Asher Machinjiri could only watch in wonder as their peers of...
Vivo splashes prizes on customers
By Justin Mkweu Three people have won a night for two at Thawale Lodge, a full tank of fuel, and lunch for two at...
’It is dirty and unsafe’: A school without walls, desks and water
A classroom at Mafunde Junior Primary School in Blantyre. Photo by Chisomo Break When Dorcas Mabedi, a passionate trainee teacher, arrived at Mafunde Junior...
How power infrastructure vandalism in Malawi is becoming a regional menace
Linesperson fixing a fault. Photo credit: Escom Lights go out mid-surgery at a clinic in Blantyre. A nurse freezes. For a few seconds, there...