Cut the Chaff
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PP looks more and more like a lame-duck administration
“It is very unfortunate that we can stay for two months unpaid. Government as an employer has become irresponsible and…
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US must bring Japan, China, South Korea to round table
The world’s top three economic powers—the United States (US), China and Japan in that order—last week crawled very close to…
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11 years of PFEM hide-and-seek yields cash-gate
Those who have keenly followed fiscal issues in the country will know that reforms on Public Finance and Economic Management…
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Why are things different for Kasambara this time?
Once upon a time, well it was last February actually, the arrest of celebrity lawyer Ralph Kasambara evoked so much…
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The trouble with our politicians’ mouths
Message bungling appears to be the curse of our politicians and so goofs, misspeaking and miscommunication have become the order…
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Damn right I am angry, very angry
My reporting professor repeatedly told me that journalists are not supposed to be emotionally involved with a story. They must…
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Beyond the budget impasse
This month, Washington is consumed by the impasse over reopening the government and raising the debt limit. It seems likely…
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Let’s hope this is a new page, Madam President
After dissolving her Cabinet over a week ago, President Joyce Banda hired her new management team on Tuesday. While she…
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RBM should not give us chaff
In his 2013/14 national budget speech, the resignation tone-deaf Finance Minister Ken Lipenga made a cheeky statement that hit at…
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Civil service goes rogue
Where were political leaders and controlling officers when some civil servants were writing outrageous sums of money on government cheques…
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