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Off the Shelf
DPP’s only way out is convention
The outcome of this week’s parliamentary by-elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) came out the biggest loser, has one…
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A lot of hot air on teachers strike
Either, the government is playing games with the Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) or TUM itself, the Ministry of Education…
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Off the Shelf 5 years on
Today marks exactly five years since this column started. I was pleasantly surprised that the maiden entry of the column…
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Sacrificial lambs of a dysfunctional system
Twenty-eight district commissioners (DCs), seven chief executive officers (CEOs) of cities, municipalities and town councils, 10 principal secretaries and all…
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Off the Shelf
Diligence is non-negotiable
My daughter was very excited on Wednesday evening with the news of the reopening of schools on Monday February 22…
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Even this one will yield nothing
When President Lazarus Chakwera this week ordered Covid-19 clusters who received part of the K6.2 billion for the Covid-19 fight…
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The Malawi we want beyond 57 years
Malawi needs a strong opposition to provide necessary checks and balances to government. But so far, it does not look…
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Have we been moving forward or backwards?
We are now in the 57th year as a sovereign State. The most logical questions to ask having gone that…
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Goodbye Trump, you were a joke
Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States who walked out of White House on Wednesday a very sad…
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Off the Shelf
Accomplices in genocide
Someone claiming to be a convict serving his sentence at Zomba Maximum Prison called me on Friday last week. “Abwana,…
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Pac’s skewed thinking on Muluzi’s K1.7bn
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a quasi-religious governance watchdog, should know better why Malawians want to see and have a…
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Strive to unite Malawi in 2021
As we enter 2021, I have one message and appeal to our leaders in political parties—Malawi Congress Party (MCP), UTM…
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Year of fresh elections, Covid-19
Once again this is the time we look back at the year that was and reflect on successes and failures.…
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Bishop opening an old wound
Should we say the devil got the better of the leader of the Redeemed Church International Bishop Henry Bwanali when…
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Off the Shelf
Criminals belong in a jail!
In the last but one issue of Weekend Nation, Off the Shelf carried an article which among other issues suggested…
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Send rapists, defilers to mental hospital first
Sixteen Days of Activism is an annual ritual we observe with so much gusto. During the commemoration Malawi joins the…
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Of AIP woes and Bushiris’ saga
Three issues dominated the media space this week. At the local level, logistical hurdles rocking the distribution of the Affordable…
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Make AIP registration transparent
I may not be very conversant with the nitty-gritty of how the Affordable Input Programme (AIP)—the successor programme for the…
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Off the Shelf
Tough times; tough decisions
Tough issues require tough decisions. This is the scenario in which President Lazarus Chakwera, exercising his executive powers, has decisively…
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Editors Pick
Girl snatched from claws of marriage
When Miriam’s name missed not only from the list of those selected to study nursing at Kamuzu College of Nursing,…
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