Malawi: 46 years of independence

All roads lead to Civo Stadium in Lilongwe where the President will lead the nation in commerating 46 years of Malawi's independence.

On this day in 1964, a new nation was born under the leadership of the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda. History records that Malawians celebrated the independence from our colonial masters, the British.

Since then, Malawi has seen alot of changes under the three different administrations. There are alot of positives to write about but the most important is the peace we are enjoying up to this day.

The theme for this year's celebration is 'growing a stronger nation together'. A good thing to do at this time as we are passing through challenging times as a united nation. We seem to be divided on petty issues.

Much as we celebrate that we have made strides in various areas over the 46 years, there are some areas we need to work on. The time we have been independent from the British does not reflect the development we have.

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Zain Malawi SMService down

For the past two weeks it has not been possible to send texts on the Zain Malawi network. Just some lucky few are able to send sms.

I called the customer care who admitted that they are aware that sms service is done. The agent assured me that the problem will be rectified the next day. I still can't send texts after a week.

At first i thought it is only Mulanje that is having the problem as it is the case with other network problems. But i found out that it is the same in other areas.

Zain Malawi subscribers have been experiencing alot of problems in recent times. Hope thing will change with the coming in of Bharti Airtel Group.

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Malawi Parliament passes a bill to change flag

What most Malawians feared came to pass a few hours ago when the National Assembly passed a bill to allow government change the national flag. This happened disregarding calls from the opposition who claimed that the consultations were not enough.

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