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National News
DPP’s one year: Road remains bumpy
Esteemed statesmen, sometimes I suspect that governing this country is rather like inheriting one of those battered passenger taxis plying…
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The K700 million question at Nocma
The National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) is under fire after an alleged cyber-fraud heist that cost $403 605 (roughly…
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The Statesman
Scorchers’ soccer moment to Brazil
We start this week’s conversation by congratulating the Malawi National Women’s Football Team for reaching the TotalEnergies CAF 2026 Women’s…
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The Statesman
Ruling DPP and Mutharika’s waiting game
President Peter Mutharika flew to South Africa on a private trip on Wednesday this week. But before he left Kamuzu…
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The Statesman
Ultimate succession test for DPP, MCP
For more than a decade now, Malawi’s presidential elections have revolved around Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) of the ruling DPP…
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The Statesman
Who is stealing Malawi’s future?
Esteemed statesmen and women, it seems one of the greatest paradoxes in Malawi’s public service is that while government repeatedly…
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The Statesman
The children we call the future
We like to say children are the future. This phrase has lived for so long in political speeches and government…
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Guest Spot
We celebrate Independence Day anyway
The other afternoon I passed through a small trading centre where a group of boys had gathered around an old…
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The spirit destroying our country
Fresh from a resounding election victory over Lazarus Chakwera and the MCP last year, President Peter Mutharika stood before Malawians…
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When leaders fall in love with power
This week, Zimbabwe’s Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, introduced a controversial constitutional amendment Bill seeking to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure…
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