Lindiwe Zulu is currently South Africa’s Minister of Social Development. In 1989, she was in Lusaka, Zambia where she held the position of head of communication in the ANC department of Religious Affairs. In 1990 she moved to Uganda where she was the head of communication and administrator in the ANC office. In 1991, she…
As we commemorate the historic struggles of workers worldwide in this month of May in which labour (workers’) day falls, there are notable women from the urban working class who deserve to be profoundly honored as heroines of the broader struggle for human rights and democracy in Malawi. Their remarkable stories remain largely untold to…
As we commemorate the historic struggles of workers world wide in this month of May in which labour (workers’) day falls, there are notable female workers in Malawi who deserve to be honored as heroines of the workers’ rights and the broader struggle for human rights and democracy in Malawi. Among these is a woman…
Part 3_ . And again, if you search (or Google) *Battle of Quito Cuanavale* of 1988. This was a fierce battle that was fought in Angola between troops from the Apartheid regime against Angolan army (with support of the Cuban military). It ended in March 1988 with a humiliating defeat of the Apartheid troops. This…
1. Standing left is Paliani Chinguwo based in Gaborone , he was the Master of Ceremony for the event. 2. Right behind him is Frank Jiya (based in Blantyre), the surviving combatant on the ‘rebel’ side during the October 1967 Mwanza War. He also closely worked with Dr Attati Mpakati in LESOMA from 1974-1983. 3.…
By Paliani Chinguwo. I now reminisce that were it not for my dire quest for profundity in ‘African studies’ as part of my extra-curricular knowledge, I would possibly have been very ignorant of the prowess, glory, splendor, greatness, charm, might and valiance which ever since the beginning of time, have been brilliantly displayed by some…
By Dr. Louis Nthenda. Most readers may not be familiar with the events of the 1960s which led to Thandika losing his passport and nationality. I have a letter written in real time in 1967 during one of the many crises by a British Lecturer in Geography (then at the University of Malawi) to his…
Thandika Mkandawire : An Intellectual Giant, an Incorrigible PanAfricanist An Obituary by Ibbo Mandaza Thandika Mkandawire who passed away in Stockholm, Sweden, on 27 March 2020, after a protracted battle with cancer, was a renowned development economist, an institution builder and a PanAfricanist of note. He leaves us having contributed to the development of a…
By Nathan Chiume. It’s only now, a couple of days after the tragic news of his passing, that I can muster the courage to say a few words about Uncle Thandika Mkandawire. Professor was a special person to me! Everything about him reminded me so much of my father, Kanyama Chiume. His wit, intellect, vivid…
Thandika Mkandawire whose death has been announced in these pages will be remembered for generations to come for his scholarship and his humanity. I had the privilege of associating with him through a small committee of diasporans who tried to engage the Elder Mutharika whose administration spluttered from one crisis to the next. Some of…
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