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Veteran Journalist Francis Tayanjah Dies
February 04, 2026 / Patrick Lunda
Scores of people including journalists paid their last respect to veteran journalist Francis Tayanja Phiri as he was laid to rest on Tuesday, January 27, at Stella Maris Cemetery in Blantyre. Tayanja, a renowned journalist specialized in feature writing died on Sunday, January 25, at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre after battling with high blood pressure and diabetes.
He worked with a number of media houses including Blantyre Newspapers, Nation Publications and recently Mining Review Publications as our Southern Region Correspondent.
Weekend Nation Editor Steve Nhlane, who had worked with him at Malawi News Agency, Times group as well as Nation Publications Limited described the deceased as resourceful besides being humble.
Nhlane, who also worked with Tayanja at the defunct Star newspaper, appealed to the current generation of journalists to emulate his life style and professionalism.
"I started working with Tayanja in the early 1980s and I worked with him at Times group and Nation. One thing that made him special is his passion to read books which reflected in his work," he said.
Mining Review Publications Publishing Editor Marcel Chimwala said he was at a loss for words on the sudden demise of Tayanjeh saying the media fraternity has lost a creative force. Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chairperson Golden Matonga said Tayanjah will be remembered for mentoring many up-and-coming journalist in many years of dedication to journalism.
“He was one of the finest newspaper feature writers in Malawi. MISA Malawi and the entire media fraternity in Malawi will dearly miss him,” he said.
Born in 1967, Tayanja hailed from Salima District and is survived by three children.
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The establishment of a stable and self-sustaining ecosystem, but not necessarily the one that existed before mining began. In many cases, complete restoration may be impossible, but successful remediation, reclamation, and rehabilitation can result in the timely establishment of a functional ecosystem.
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Remediation:
The cleanup of the contaminated area to safe levels by removing or isolating contaminants. At mine sites, remediation often consists of isolating contaminated material in pre-existing tailings storage facilities, capping tailings and waste rock stockpiles with clean topsoil, and collecting and treating any contaminated mine water if necessary.
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