PROTECTED ESTATE, DROWNED VILLAGE

PROTECTED ESTATE, DROWNED VILLAGE

When Tropical Storm Ana tore through southern Malawi four years ago, the villagers of Kanseche say the water that killed their neighbours and swallowed their homes did not arrive by accident. It was turned toward them, they claim, by an embankment built to shield the...
COLLINS MAGALASI AND THE PENSION FUND HEIST

COLLINS MAGALASI AND THE PENSION FUND HEIST

Just months ago, Collins Magalasi was quietly being lined up to take the helm of the Reserve Bank of Malawi. Today, he sits in a police cell, answering questions about a K5.5 billion heist. His arrest follows the secretive catch-and-release of former State House Chief...
HOW VOTES ARE KILLING MALAWI’S AGRICULTURE

HOW VOTES ARE KILLING MALAWI’S AGRICULTURE

BY CHARLES MPAKAFor 17 years now, politicians have systemically destroyed Malawi’s agriculture by reducing the lead ministry into a “subsided fertilizer distribution institution”, officials in the ministry have complained.And while politicians have been pouring money...