Politics
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‘Donors or no donors, cashgate cases are serious’
Recently, the High Court in Zomba sentenced Cashgate convict Oswald Lutepo to 11 years in prison with hard labour.…
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Lazarus Chakwera
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president, I would realise the need to act on the reported power wrangles in my party.…
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Intraparty democracy: The missing dimension
The dawn of democracy in 1993 promised more than what has been achieved so far. It was a moment of…
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‘Poverty makes subsidies necessary’
Following a policy shift on how to manage the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), our news analyst EPHRAIM NYONDO sought…
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Cornelius Mwalwanda
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy director of economic planning, I would realise that the reason why the Democratic Progressive Party…
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‘Reform electoral laws in good time’
On August 25, by-elections were held in five wards. One thing that came out clear is the voter apathy…
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Emmanuel Fabiano
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, I would realise that the drop in Junior Certificate of Education (JCE) and Primary…
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‘Cabinet reshuffle principle Is effective leadership’
Last week President Peter Mutharika reshuffled his cabinet. This came hot on the heels of his announcing new commissioners of…
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Kenneth Sanga
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regional governor for the North, I would feel ashamed of what I did by defending my…
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Is Malawi losing the corruption fight?
When Nelson Mandela said ‘our major challenges are joblessness, crime and corruption’, many thought he spoke for South Africans…
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Making youth political involvement work
Recently, Malawi joined the rest of the world in celebrating the International Youth Day. This year, the focus was…
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Joyce Banda
President of the People’s Party (PP), I would appreciate that the confusion regarding leadership in my party is a result…
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‘Mec committed to leave no room for suspicion’
On Tuesday next week, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will hold Local Government By-elections in five wards. Our Reporter…
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‘LET THIS YEAR BE THE BEST IN SUBSIDIES’
Recently, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Dr Allan Chiyembekeza announced that government has raised the amount of purchasing…
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DEEPENING WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT
On Monday, Malawi joined the rest of Africa in commemorating the African Day on Decentralisation and Local Development. Our Staff…
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Deputy Speaker
Of Parliament, the last thing I would ever do is to trick the honourable house into paying me rental allowances…
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IF I WERE
President Peter Mutharika’s press secretary, I would admit that it was irresponsible on my part to order government ministries, departments…
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Scourge of party defectors
In his book, Trappings of Power: Political Leadership in Africa, Barrister and Governance Consultant Allan Ntata traces former parliamentarian Abel…
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‘Xenophobia was RSA low point’
Our Lilongwe Bureau Chief, Samuel Chunga, recently caught up with South African High Commissioner Cassandra Mbuyane-Mokone and they discussed many…
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‘SENTENCING IS NOT EXACT SCIENCE’
Recently, Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Edward Twea bemoaned that disparities that have existed in sentencing offenders is a…
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