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Society
Long road to city life
A rolling stone gathers no moss, so they say. But when the steep slopes of life guarantee you no ridge…
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Of ‘provocative’ attire at stadiums
For the past week, social media has been awash with debate emanating from an incident in which a soccer…
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Stalking the birth of a city life
Ladies and gentlemen, there is a musical whirlwind brewing in the Capital City and promising to spring strong onto the…
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The one minute voter registration!
With 10 months to the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, there is no madness greater than people of voting age…
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A pick from a soccer night
I went to some ‘public place’ in Lilongwe days ago. Occupied by the ongoing World Cup matches beamed live on television,…
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Age of speed hungry Sientas
It was a fairly cold morning with the sun hesitantly rising from the thick horizon. I was on a trip…
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Politics, beer and college students
Two days ago, I found myself among concerned parents who bemoaned an occurrence that might have tempted their ‘young sons’…
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The girl and her drugs talk
A few weekends ago, I strolled out of my nest to see a barber at Chigoneka’s small market square in Lilongwe’s…
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Robbers of Capital City: Part II
We sat around a plate of roasted meat, wooden toothpicks in hand, listening to a friend narrate how a robber,…
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Robbers of Capital City: Part 1
O ne afternoon last week, a good friend found himself in Lilongwe’s Area 15 sorting out personal business. Driving out…
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When prisoners brave it for money
Not so many weekends ago, I left home for the supermarket. As soon as joined the main road, I noticed…
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Stalking the Black Panther debate
Malawi is one big stage for worthless drama and its people are willing actors and actresses. This is exactly why…
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Culture of mass registration
I wandered to town inside the week and smelt a sense of panic among mobile phone users. Actually, the requirement for…
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Culture of mass registration
I wandered to town inside the week and smelt a sense of panic among mobile phone users. Actually, the requirement for…
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Memories the Scalla’s Café will invoke
I have read in the papers of the opening of Scallaz Café, a new oiling joint a few hundred metres…
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The day Hugh Masekela met ‘Mbuyao’
I t was a Sunday, July 9 2007.The pleasant bright afternoon sunshine was perhaps sufficient insignia that the gods of…
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Hospital bedside tales
S ometimes the world is just as big as where it takes you. Recently, it took me to the extents…
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Basiyano Bauleni: One more line
Let me add to the entry a couple of weeks ago on Basiyano Bauleni, the football lover who spent his…
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Basiyano Bauleni: One more line
Let me add to the entry a couple of weeks ago on Basiyano Bauleni, the football lover who spent his…
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A world of thankless toil?
Some people deserve better. But the ‘better’ at times seems elusive. I was about 12 and staying in Blantyre’s Kanjedza…
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