[6] He was also a columnist for Associated Press, Pan African News Agency, and the Maravi Post.
He wrote a popular regular column called "Muckrakings" that was, at times, controversial.
[8] In 2010, he was attacked by the ruling DPP party spokesperson for writing a 'Muckracking column that was sympathetic to ostracized vice-president Joyce Banda, who was facing political isolation from President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Mtonga denied making that statement to the press but another independent journalist, Mabvuto Banda reported the same story in The Nation.
Tenthani's house was ransacked by an unknown assailant in 2011, following the Malawi protests against the Mutharika administration.