Reading Time: 3 minutesThe country we now know as the Democratic Republic of Congo has for the past two centuries or so been in one turmoil after another. During the Berlin conference of 1884 – 1885, the Congo Basin was allocated to a private charitable organisation run by King Leopold II of Belgium. In the subsequent years, Leopold […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesI once was on a team that visited Ntcheu on church business. One member of the team decided to call her son in Blantyre to tell him that if anybody would come home or call, he should inform them that his mum was in Ntcheu. “Where, mum?” the young man asked. She repeated the name

Reading Time: 4 minutesSeveral years ago I was given the responsibility of recruiting engineers for the printing organisation which I worked for. As it turned out, all the engineers I picked were from the northern region. My bosses were puzzled over how I, a non-northerner, could have ‘favoured’ people from the north. The truth of the matter was

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the most economically backward districts in Malawi is Dowa. This is so despite the district boasting a number of very proficient business people. In short, Dowa – and I would hasten to add Malawi – is a district/country full of ironies. A Dowa native called Mr Kondowe partly owns the Kang’ombe building which