Every day, Mount Mulanje loses a little more of the forest that earned it global recognition. As illegal cultivation spreads deeper into protected areas and trees continue disappearing, conservationists warn that Malawi's iconic mountain is approaching a tipping point unless communities, especially young people, become part of the solution.
Traditional Authority Kapichi of Thyolo has urged government to ensure adequate funds are available for the completion of the Thyolo-Khonjeni road.
Poverty takes many forms, shaped by factors such as location, education, and opportunity. In Africa, however, poverty often extends beyond income, denying millions access to life's most basic necessities. In Malawi and many other African countries, even education, hard work, urban living, or a privileged family background do not always shield people from hardship.
For years, South Africa represented hope for thousands of Malawians searching for jobs and a better future. It was the land where dreams were expected to come true, where hard work promised a decent income, and where families left behind anticipated a better life.
The labour migration dates back from 1900s through the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WENERA), an organization established to recruit men from Malawi and across Southern Africa to work in South African gold mines.
On the surface, Thyolo remains what it has always been, a district of endless tea estates, green hills and tightly knit villages where neighbours know one another by name.
But beneath that familiar landscape, something unsettling is unfolding.
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