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The things we learn when we are dead
The unbridled disdain of and disregard for city by-laws by some citizens can aptly be described as the cause of…
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Is Hoho, Mbang’ombe, Sorjini in the Budget?
As I wrote this article on Thursday, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Sosten Gwengwe was presenting the K3.87 trillion…
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Maize rotting in Admarc’s DNA
It has almost become an annual ritual that during the lean period—November to March—government announces that several thousand metric tonnes…
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Off the Shelf
This is self-inflicted idiocy
The fight against the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and in particular its director general Martha Chizuma is too steeped. This is…
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Obituary on graft-fight under Tonse
Following the interdiction of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general (DG) Martha Chizuma on Wednesday this week, we can as well…
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Front Page
ACB speaks on TPIN and Sattar-related cases
What is the status of former president Peter Mutharika TPIN, Zuneth Sattar, Msukwa and Batatawala cases? Is the Anti-Corruption Bureau…
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Starving in the midst of plenty
Cholera, which had killed over 1 023 as of January 26 2023, is a huge menace and those ignoring it…
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Just for the record: K236bn plunder
While campaigning for a third term in 2003, former president Bakili Muluzi said “Amalawi sachedwa kuyiwala (Malawians forget quickly).” He…
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Chizuma and forces of darkness against her
The guns to shoot Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma out of the graft-busting body are blazing. She may…
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May 2022 never come back
Today is the end of 2022. Being the last day of the year the temptation was high to wind up…
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Off the Shelf
Was the 15-year govt bond for Mombera University a scam?
On January 7 2021 I submitted on this space the need for equitable distribution of the national cake. Specifically, I…
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I’m sure Zamba has something to say
They always come in waves. The other week it was about fertiliser import deals. An abattoir (of all companies) had…
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Judges to retire at 70, it is OK
Just as wine gets and tastes better with age, so do judges of the High Court and Justices of Appeal…
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Bottom Up
So we threw away the baby with the bath water
As you get older, you kind of take a more sober view of life.– Bernard Sumner At the dawn of…
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RBM was sleeping on the job
One institution which has become so opaque of late is the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM). RBM rarely responds to…
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Sam Kawale to clear Lobin Lowe’s rubble
Congratulations Mr. Sam Dalitso Kawale on being appointed Minister of Agriculture. I know you were already holding a Cabinet portfolio…
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PAC’s timely advice to Nankhumwa on demos
People hold demonstrations for various reasons. But primarily it is to show their disdain towards something and to force the…
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2022/23 AIP: Under wraps and muddled up
It is a fact that this year’s Affordable Input Programme (AIP) is in a shambles. So many things do not…
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Goodall is leading by example
Renowned all-time economist Goodall Gondwe is one of very few politicians in the country that are able to hang their…
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Malawi must do its part of the MCC bargain
The Malawi Government on September 28, 2022 signed the long-awaited $350 million (K362 billion) second Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact.…
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