Zingwangwa

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Zingwangwa
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Zingwangwa
Location in Malawi
Coordinates: 15°49′7″S35°0′55″E / 15.81861°S 35.01528°E / -15.81861; 35.01528
CountryFlag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Region Southern Region
District Blantyre District
Time zone UTC+2

Zingwangwa is a settlement within the Malawian city of Blantyre.

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Zingwangwa has several schools, a secondary school and a health centre.[ citation needed ]

In 2007 following a visit of a volunteer nurse from Scotland two years before, a twinning was set up between 10 health centres in Malawi. It was focused on the health centre here and one in Dundee. A three-year grant was used from the International Development Fund to establish health centre twinning including a staff member in each country. [1]

In 2017, future government minister, Vera Kamtukule, who was then the CEO of the Malawi Scotland Partnership returned to Zingwangwa where she spent a night to raise funds for the health centre. [2] The health centre did not always have permanent staff and it served over 120,000 people. Patients can face a walk of two to three hours to attend the clinic. [1] She confessed that as a child she had been scolded by her parents when they found out that she had tricked the staff there into giving her porridge that had been intended for the malnourished. [2]

WHO representative Dr. Gertrude Chapotera speaking during the launch of cholera vaccination campaign in Zingwangwa township in 2022 WHO representative Dr. Gertrude Chapotera speaking during the launch of cholera vaccination campaign in Zingwangwa township in Blantyre, May 23, 2022.jpg
WHO representative Dr. Gertrude Chapotera speaking during the launch of cholera vaccination campaign in Zingwangwa township in 2022

In 2022 there was an outbreak of cholera and as a precaution the World Health Authority in collaboration with the government decided to vaccinate millions. Injections took place in Zingwangwe. [3]

In 2025 the Democratic Progressive Party won the national election and a key campaign promise had been free secondary education. Investigations in January 2026 revealed that although there were real challenges both money and new students had arrived at Zingwangwa Secondary School. [4]

Notable residents

References

  1. 1 2 mipadmin (26 June 2011). "Zingwangwa twinning". Management In Practice. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Blantyre Sleepover Challenge". www.scotland-malawipartnership.org. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Malawi Rolls Out Cholera Vaccine to Contain Outbreak". Voice of America. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Mtemang’ombe, Eric (6 January 2026). "Free secondary education gets K3.8bn disbursement". Nation Online. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mary Chilima: earns second masters, wins awards". Nation Online. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
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