European Union Ambassador Daniel Aristi Gaztelumendi has described community radios as key partners in the Growing Malawi Together campaign, saying apart from being trusted and accessible by communities they amplify community voices. Aristi Gaztelumendi said this in Lilongwe during a two-day workshop that attracted 12 community radio partners in the campaign under the Strategic Communication…
Women guarding patients at Kasungu District Hospital have been sleeping in a cramped, smoky shelter doubling as a kitchen, with no toilets or privacy. It was the daily reality that subjected them to discomfort, congestion and indignity. “The place was too small and overcrowded. We were cooking, sleeping and resting in the same smoky environment….
At a 90-year-old Mpasadzi primary school in Kasungu North West, teachers are calling for the rehabilitation of old infrastructure, including teachers’ houses and two classroom blocks that have remained unrehabilitated since they were blown off by Cyclone Chido in 2024. The school, which has 11 teachers, enrolls over 700 learners, who are currently using only…
Health authorities in Kasungu have applauded WaterAid for donating water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities, as well as cleaning materials valued at K19 million. Speaking after receiving the donation which includes chlorine and tap buckets, the Director of Health and Sanitation Services, Dr Emmanuel Golombe, described the support as timely, saying it complements efforts to…
Fourteen years of waiting for resettlement land have left former tobacco estate workers at Nthunduwala Camp in Kasungu South West destitute, despite visits by authorities promising action since 2012. The camp, about half an acre in size hosts 127 households living in grass-thatched makeshift shelters that sometimes leak during heavy rains. Camp chairperson Stanley Lyson…
Former First Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Kasungu East, Madalitso Kazombo, has been laid to rest at Vikuyu Estate in the area of Senior Chief Dr Kaomba in Kasungu District, amid eulogies calling on others to emulate the life he lived. People from all walks of life gathered at the estate…
The newly constructed paying ward at Kasungu District Hospital has generated at least K15 million in revenue within its first month of operation, with projections indicating it could raise about K200 million annually. In an interview, the Director of Health Services for Kasungu District, Dr Emmanuel Golombe, said the facility began offering services on December…