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Off the Shelf
Stretching nothing into everything
Malawi’s economy is currently trapped in a paralysed cycle of financial crisis and structural comedy. Between the Reserve Bank of…
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Comedic, yet tragic, game of ‘who found it first’
Deeply unsettling contradictions between the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) and the Malawi Police Service (MPS) at the Nthungwa forest crash…
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The frontier of mystical burglary
Welcome to the cutting-edge frontier of mystical body-part burglary. While global scientists waste precious time on engineering artificial intelligence and…
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Why we should all bow to the Jomo-cracy
For all intents and purposes, His Worship Isaac Jomo Osman—the benevolent Mayor of Blantyre and freshly anointed Sovereign of the…
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We are a nation that rarely respects time
Time is money, or so the well-worn adage reminds us. Yet in Malawi, one cannot help but feel that time…
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The PAC-man chronicles: Ghostbusting with Colleen Zamba
It is truly heart-warming to witness the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in such high spirits. In a world…
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When tables turn, how quickly legs buckle under them
The irony in Escom’s slogan “Power All Day Every Day” isn’t just simmering anymore; it’s reached a literal boiling point,…
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PAC’s sudden spiritual quest for ‘procedural purity’
Ah, the curious case of the Amaryllis Hotel—where the only thing rising faster than the hotel’s elevator is the price…
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Mera’s “Fools’ Day” shock that was no prank
Ah, the glorious dawn of September 16 2025! A day when Malawians, fuelled by nothing but the adrenaline of empty…
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Guest Spot
Police overly secretive on Sacraine
On Wednesday, this week the Malawi Police Service (MPS) announced to the nation that the abducted Crossroads Hotel boss Sameer…
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