My Turn
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Reflection on social media
I hope you have ever heard: ‘Woleletsa ndewu samanga chitenje’ literary meaning that she who offers to pacify fighting…
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Do we respect our National Key Points?
As I am writing this, it is a few minutes before 7pm. I am seated in the parking lot at…
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Condoms? Try abstinence
I feel perturbed with organisations that promote condom use as an effective way to curb the spread of HIV.…
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Power of saving
Many are the times most of us have blamed our leaders for not providing us with enough resources to carter…
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On maize export ban
Recently, government announced the deployment of soldiers in borders to enforce a ban on maize being smuggled out. My…
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On writing and reading culture
R ecently, the Royal Norwegian Embassy hosted a launch of three books that won the Peer Gynt Award jointly…
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Is exporting maize really bad?
I n recent days, MDF troops have been deployed to the northern border to prevent the smuggling of maize…
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How WHO can assist Malawi
At the seventh World Health Assembly on May 22-27 this year in Geneva, Switzerland, member states will vote in the…
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Beautify Mutharika’s press team
The presidential press office is one of the most important and delicate parts of the presidency. It defines the President’s…
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Remember the boy child
Much is being done and said about the girl child. She has drawn so much attention from the society and…
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Childhood play matters
Play is often talked as if it were relief from serious learning. But for all children, it is really…
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Transparency in construction sector
Transparency implies openness, timely communication and accountability. Transparency makes it easy for others to see what actions are being…
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Expose buyers, save albinos
The resurgence of horrible attacks on people with albinism is shocking. At the start of this year, we thought…
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Think about the boy child too
Watching MBC news on March 13, I saw First Lady Gertrude Mutharika add her voice on calls for increased support…
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After Mtandire floods
I was in Lilongwe when the recent floods in Mtandire happened. I have been a Lilongwe for many years, but…
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Communication competence matters
Employees’ communication abilities have an impact on their overall performance regardless of the nature of their work. It also…
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Visiting the sick
I grew up in the 1980s in Chimwala Village, Traditional Authority Nsamala, Balaka. In the neighbouring village of Chapita lived…
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Financing university education
Now that the University of Malawi (Unima) has reopened its colleges after being closed for six months over fees…
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Chiefs hijack social cash transfer
Social cash transfer programmes are an increasingly popular component of social protection strategies across sub-Saharan Africa. The provision of…
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Give African children a healthy start
This week, at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we watched with pride as Heads of State…
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