By Vincent Gunde
Political activist Bon Kalindo, has advised the new government of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to do soulsearching on why every time it gets into government, there’s the challenge of electricity -blackouts.
Kalindo said many Malawians are now complaining that it is too much that electricity blackouts have become the order of the day and to the DPP led government, it is the inborn characteristics.
He said there have been governments of Dr. Bakili Muluzi, Dr. Joyce Banda and Dr. Lazarus Chakwera saying there were blackouts but the blackouts of the DPP led government have exceeded all the previous governments.
Speaking through an audio clip, Kalindo said people are now speaking on top of their voices accusing the DPP led government of deliberately switching on and off electricity saying if this is left unchecked, it will be a yardstick to measure their successes in the 2030 elections.
Kalindo gave an example of Siyasiya trading centre – Chikombe in Salima where there have been no electricity since 20th March, 2026 because of the broken pole, questioning ESCOM management that are they serious that only a pole is preventing the people of Chikombe ADMARC to access electricity?
” In Mangochi South constituency, two months no electricity, what about unreported areas, please Minister of Energy do something, the people are complaining,” said Kalindo.
He said he has received a lot of complaints from Malawians travelling to and fro South Africa that they are paying R20 at each and every border they are passing through advising the Minister of Foreign Affairs to protect Malawians.
The Activist said many Malawians living in South Africa are staying there illegally and they do not have proper documentation and as such, they are being arrested and placed in overcrowding detention camps.
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He said in the previous DPP led government, buses were sent to South Africa to pick out those willing to come back home asking the government to do the same this time claiming that other Malawians are dying in South African prisons.
Kalindo has again reported to the Malawi Government that there’s a syndicate of some Malawian crooks at Wenela Depot in Blantyre where Malawians are boarding buses to South Africa and while on the way, these buses dump their passengers in Mozambique noting with a great concern that passengers are being robbed of their money and mobile phones, women raped, advising government to check what is happening there for Malawians travelling to South Africa to receive protection.
