Not long ago, planeloads of visitors touching down at Bakili Muluzi International Airport in Chileka Township, Blantyre City,  thought they were crash-landing in arid croplands dotted with grass-thatched houses. Currently, mushrooming mansions, shops and other symbols of modernity are fast replacing the rustic setting around the colonial-era airfield. Some of the houses yet to be … The post Escom’s dark island in Chileka appeared first on Nation Online .