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Q & A
Malawi’s economic freedom fight
lamenting line in one of his haunting songs, in which he mimics an Asian boast: dziko ndi wanu, ndalama ndi…
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Editors Pick
Chilima’s brave new world
Increasingly, it is becoming clear that Vice-President Saulos Chilima does not have the luxury of infinite time. The temperature is…
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Callista’s youth affair
T he detonation set off by former first lady Callista Mutharika had many people excited, no doubt. First, you have…
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Politics
Mutharika’s smoky power plant
Speaking at the commissioning of diesel generators in Blantyre, President Peter Mutharika sounded full of confidence in a future of…
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Decisive action will change Malawi
Its early days yet—and a long way to the general election of 2019—but it feels like the campaign is…
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Editors Pick
Bleak options for 2019
It has been three years now and Peter Mutharika can hardly be called a success. But then we all…
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Malawi living in the dark
A blackout on my first day back home in December lasted all of an interrupted 19 hours. A recent…
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Mind your call logs
It was chilling—wasn’t it?—when it finally sank that High Court Judge Michael Mtambo had found Ralph Kasambara, Pika Manondo…
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A poor nation of losers
Idriss Ali Nassah Just the other day, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri threw a good K44 million of his own money down…
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Malawi’s ailing economy
I once wrote about a friend of mine who did a spell as a young doctor in the main hospital…
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The crybabies of DPP
For many Malawians that I know, the freedom to criticise the government of their country is not inspired by…
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For God and for Goodall
If, at the start of 2016, you expected your Finance Minister to deliver a forecast bristling with real hope,…
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Good times being Saulos
For such a small country, Malawi likes its things big. Big cabinet, big number of civil servants, five big…
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Taking Malawians for fools
Listening to Presidential press secretary Gerald Viola—who is supposed to be the lead singer of the Peter Mutharika praise…
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This nonsense has to stop
You are not doing too well, Mr. President. Your press conference last week was a disaster. What most of…
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Tough times ahead
Two weeks ago, I arrived in Blantyre on the same flight with a couple of Malawi government ministers and…
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Politics brought us here
If, as projected, the population of this country hits 30 million in 2030, we desperately need a fresh new way…
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Leadership not for the fainthearted
I am sorry you missed it, but President Peter Mutharika was in terrific form and did your country proud at the…
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My Turn
Take our cities back
Chileka International Airport in Blantyre is a farce. Earlier this year, the runway developed gapping potholes so severe planes had…
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Unhealthy obsession with trivia
I was first alerted to this piece when a friend sent me an e-mail link on Monday morning. It came…
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