Done deal! Sean Kingston coming to Malawi

After a long time full of expectations, doubts and perhaps wondering
if the Beautiful girls singer will indeed perform in the country, the
gods have final smiled at the hungry citizens as the two parties have
finally sealed the deal.

Both Heartbeatz Entertainment Shaffique Maru and Musicians Assnciation
of Malawi (MAM) president Costen Mapemba disclosed to the Guardian
Newpaper that the hosts have finally payed the perfomance fee.

Makhirikhiri to spice up Easter Beach festival

Mizati Entertainment, the organizers of the annual Easter Beach
Festival which will be held at Kambiri Lodge in Salima from April 22
to 24, have roped in the Botswana traditional dance  group
Makhirikhiri to spice up the event.


The outfit will join the country’s  Lucious Banda and Zembani Band,
Ben Mankhamba and the Zigzaggers with Jenna Sisters, Edgar ndi Davis
and Skeffa Chimoto and Real Sounds band in entertaining the
multitudes.

Homosexuals should be beheaded- Malawi religious leaders

Malawi religious leaders have stood firm against homosexuals saying the relationships are evil and punishable by beheading.

The leaders were speaking on the sidelines of an Annual General meeting of the Malawi Interfaith AIDS Association (MIAA) in Lilongwe on Tuesday which is aimed at sharing experiences, success stories and best practices in HIV and AIDS in order to improve the response of the faith community towards the pandemic.

Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) Secretary General Sheikh Imran Sharif Mohamed said there is no way they can cooperate gays and lesbians in the community as it is against their doctrine.

A JOURNEY INTO THIS WORLD—MY STORY

This is home. Where my experience of this world started from. This is where all who have been there when situations were to destroy me resides. This is home.

As I stand at this depot-Guilleme bus depot in Mchinji… memories of my past flood my mind. To east, just a little bit far from here, is Kochilira Hosipital where this young man was an infant 25 years ago. Just a few kilometers from there, Mbingwa Primary school is the source of my better understanding of this language.

Waste management challenges in Lilongwe

Lilongwe is the largest city in Malawi with 670,000 people growing by a rate of 4.3 percent per year, one of the makes fastest growing regions in the country. But with that growth comes major challenges dealing with waste management.

The city has experienced the influx of rural immigration in the recent past years due to anticipation of good life in urban areas through employment and businesses; no wonder the city registers an urbanisation rate of about eight percent making it one of the fastest growing cities in the world.