Lightening kills 8 church-goers in Malawi

Blantyre, Malawi, Dec. 29 (Raphael Tenthani/MaraviPost) _ An extended prayer service ended tragically in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, when a bolt of lightening struck a congregation, killing at least eight people, including one child, police confirmed Sunday.Police spokesman Kingsley Dandaula told maravipost members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the capital's high density Area 36 were attending an extended... Read More

How Madiba influenced the arts

BLANTYRE(MaraPost)--There could hardly be any other contemporary icon from the arts to politics that every author, sculptor, film producer or musician wants to do something about than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela who died aged 95 on December 5 in the leafy Houghton suburb of Johannesburg and is scheduled to be interred in his homeland on Qunu in the Eastern Cape Sunday.... Read More

President Bingu WA Mutharika’s sudden death and the accused 12 coup plotters

The Muckraker toyed around with the idea of titling this entry ‘The Vandals and Villains of April 5’ because he intended to discuss the people who wanted to push this country to the precipice during those “three mad days in April”. The chosen title however should serve the purpose. Bingu died when nobody thought he would. Almost everybody, except those... Read More