My best selling goods, the zitenjes, African garments, carry import tariffs and costs of over 120 percent. Competition is fierce and a lot of people choose to smuggle their goods to keep prices down. If you pay all the taxes you simply cannot compete.
Photograph and story by Maggie Lonely Mhango, cross border trader in Blantyre, Malawi
Experience of this border
Location of border
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Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi