How the Nation Got Duped

In this special report, my colleague and I zeroed in on revelations of the mess that rocked the Zambia maize deal through analysis of testimonies various stakeholders have given before the parliamentary inquiry.

Our analysis finds that public officers failed in their duties to follow to the letter laid down procurement procedures in very questionable circumstances. 

In this report, we analyzed piece by piece accounts that contradict and largely point to the fact that this was not as clean a deal as the Admarc CEO would want us to believe.

Malawi Maize Inquiry Special Report Eng

As pressure mounts on leaders to create a smoke-free world, a one-day workshop for over 30 journalists drawn from east and southern Africa on tobacco reduction has started today in Kenya.

Top on the agenda at the workshop is the social and economic implication of smoking.

Our reporter Winston Mwale is attending the workshop and now reports:

Smoke-Free World Workshop

As pressure mounts on leaders to create a smoke-free world, a one-day workshop for over 30 journalists drawn from east and southern Africa on tobacco reduction has started today in Kenya.

Top on the agenda at the workshop taking place today 24th November, 2017 is the social and economic implication of smoking.

Our reporter Winston Mwale is attending the workshop and now reports:

Smoke-Free Workshop

One of the internationally-designated keynote speakers has urged the media in Africa to join the fight against smoking just like they did with the fight against HIV and AIDS in the early days.

Mr. Ade Adeyemi said this during his presentation on 'Smoke-free World: An Imperative to reaching SDG 3 Goals' during a tobacco harm reduction workshop for journalists in Naivasha, Kenya.

Studies indicate that while the number of smokers in Africa is on the increase, the number of smokers in the developed world is decreasing.

Mr. Adeyemi explains.

Story Media Call

In this special report this week, Winston Mwale exposes how Malawi has been losing millions of dollars because of a poor taxation framework and a lack of bargaining power with international investors in the extractive industry.

However, as Winston finds in this report, after years of Babel-like talk on the extractive industry, a new common language is slowly emerging with plans to reform the industry.

Will these reforms materialize, he asks?

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Daniel Mawawa reading that special report by Winston Mwale.

That special report was written as part of the Wealth of Nations, a pan-African Media Skills Development Programme run by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with the African Centre for Media Excellence.

Special Report on IFFs in Malawi

The story looks at a controversy in the Mchinji district of Malawi, where community members accuse the supervisor of a maternity ward construction project of diverting materials to build his own house in the same area.

Highway Africa applauded Mwale at the ceremony, describing his coverage on the diversion of public resources for personal use as a prime example of the vibrant reporting to come out of Zodiak Broadcasting Station. “Within Malawi Zodiak has played a critical role in political transition. It stood firm with all sorts of threats, but they’ve stood strong. And as a veteran, Winston demonstrates a similar resolve”.

WINSTON PASM SPECIAL REPORT

What happens when water crisis hit a health facility? With reports of women travelling long distances to fetch water, and authorities transferring patients to other health facilities?

Simple: An enterprising journalist dashes there to learn more...and this is exactly what Winston Mwale did when he heard that Dowa hospital was having water crisis. 

Take a listen.

DOWA WATER CRISIS REPORT

Produced in 2013, this is a story of how communities residing right in the capital city of Malawi Lilongwe faced water challenges due to some bottlenecks.

As a result waterborne diseases and death wreck havoc...take a listen.

Winston Water Special Report Eng

Winston Mwale is a journalist turned media consultant-cum-online information marketer who loves telling stories, listening to stories and being in the middle of stories. 

An award-winning journalist, Winston is Chief Sub Editor for Zodiak Broadcasting Station, a privately-owned media organization in Malawi.