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Truth to power
On Friday, I attended one of President Peter Mutharika’s last major speeches. He was at Parliament and already you could…
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AG orders K164 million payout to Kumbatira
Government is set to pay former postmaster general Andrew Kumbatira K164 million as an out-of-court settlement for illegal termination of…
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Opposition pour cold water on APM address
With one eye on a gruelling election 12 months away, President Peter Mutharika on Friday turned his State-of-the Nation-Address (Sona)…
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Guest Spot
‘History will judge me’
After four years in self-imposed exile, former president Joyce Banda (JB) returned home last Saturday. In this interview with our…
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Day of national shame
It turned out to be a day of national shame when ugly scenes within and outside Parliament punctuated President Peter…
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JB faults APM on corruption fight
Former president Joyce Banda has accused the administration of her successor and political rival Peter Mutharika of failing the country…
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Over to you, Peter
This country, until last Friday, had lost the taste for protests, thanks to the deadly demonstrations that killed some 20…
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CHANGE OR GO: CSOs issue 10-point ultimatum
Malawians have spoken. Frustration over alleged bad governance bubbled out in coordinated nationwide protests across the country yesterday as citizens…
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Front Page
JB returns home Saturday
Former president Joyce Banda will return home on Saturday to end her self-imposed four-year political exile. According to Banda’s spokesperson…
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Mighty fear
To be fair to governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), or specifically, those in support of the party’s leader and Malawi’s…
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The Chilima question
All eyes are on Saulos Klaus Chilima now. Whether he planned for this or he has been thrown to the…
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A cop and a skeleton
Folks, the appointment of Rodney Jose as Acting Inspector General of Police has been met with revulsion among right thinking…
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Let JB come home
Next month is April. The month former president Bingu wa Mutharika, literally, died in office, while working—serving his country, his…
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The making of a nation
We might as well start with a disclaimer. This article contains optimism for an impoverished nation under siege from a…
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Goodall, CSOs talks end in stalemate
Representatives of society organisations (CSOs) on Friday rejected Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe’s explanation for the K4 billion allocation made to…
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National News
End president’s Immunity—report
Sitting presidents risk losing their immunity from prosecution on any criminal charges if Cabinet and later the National Assembly…
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Convention will decide on alliance—Atupele
UDF president Atupele Muluzi says the party’s convention will decide whether to go it alone in the 2019 Tripartite…
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A time for everything
“There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens…” Ecclesiastes 3, Holy Bible. Of…
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Oxfam slams ‘richman’s budget’
Oxfam says the country’s 2017-2018 budget has prioritised funding bureaucracy at the expense of the poor. A report analysing the…
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