Hastings Jimani
In Mulanje District, the hill known as Lumba in Traditional Authority Mabuka offers a panoramic view of the surrounding landscape, including the towering Mulanje Mountain to the northeast and the Kanjedza River at its foot. The river supports agricultural activities such as sugarcane and vegetable farming.
Agriculture authorities in Mulanje, a southern regio district in Malawi, have challenged farmers to embrace modern farming technologies in the wake of unreliable weather patterns as a result of climate change.
There is a ticking time bomb for residents of Chitakale behind the police unit and Chipiku store in Mulanje district as waste collected from Chitakale market and other areas is being dumped within their homes.
President Lazarus Chakwera says his government is committed to construct and rehabilitate the infrastructure that was damaged in the March 2023 Tropical Cyclone Freddy disaster.
Until the 1980s, chambo fish was among the top prides of Malawi. Tourists could not afford to leave the country without tasting the delicious chambo. But alas! The fish declined in numbers and there are many reasons for this. Illegal fishing is one of them.
People have been catching fish without following the fisheries laws and regulations and enforcement of the law has been a serious problem.
Threatened with the depleting numbers of chambo in the lake, the Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture facilitated the establishment of local fisheries conservation structures called Beach Village Committees (BVCs) along Lake Malawi.
As part of the International Women's Day commemoration, two organizations - Women Lawyers Association in Malawi and the Advancing Girls Education (AGE) in Africa - at the weekend conducted what they called "gender justice clinics" in some secondary schools in Mulanje district.
An international organization that promotes education of a girl child, Advancing Girls Education (AGE) Africa, has challenged school going girls to be advocates of environmental conservation in their communities.
Friends of Mulanje Orphans (FOMO) Football Club are through to the finals of the Thumbs Up Southern Region Football Association (SRFA) league after beating FCB Nyasa Big Bullets reserve 2-0 on aggregate.
Two months after securing a K48 million funding from Cultural Emergency Response (CER) of Netherlands, the lhomwe cultural grouping, Mulhako wa Alhomwe has started planting trees at Chonde, in Mulanje district.