Cut the Chaff

Stop the pettiness Madam President

Two prominent people in as many days have shown remarkable courage in telling Malawi President Joyce Banda some hard truths…

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Channeling Jefferson, JFK wisdom to JB

I, Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda, do solemnly declare that all journalists in Malawi are murderers! Well, she may not have…

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The woman who named my son Vitumbiko

I heard the news at around 4pm last Friday as I was about to leave the office. It did not…

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No wonder, IMF policies don’t work for the poor

So, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) came to Malawi, peeped into our little bundle of forex at the Reserve Bank…

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Let’s reject the celebration overreach

So, Joyce Banda, Malawi’s first female State President and Africa’s second after Liberia’s 24th and current leader, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,…

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I hate to say it, but I told you so

I hate to say it, but I told you so Two weeks ago, I made the following prediction and explained…

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What is in it for President Banda?

Something is not adding up in the way President Joyce Banda has been intervening in procurement processes in the public…

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Eyes on the ball: It’s the economy, stupid

The Bingu wa Mutharika death inquiry report has changed the national conversation from economic hardships to an examination of the…

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MPs should stop the CDF madness

As the May 2014 tripartite elections are fast approaching, Members of Parliament (MPs) are desperate to show their constituents something…

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Donor behaviour not ‘justified’ either

After almost a year of coddling Malawi’s President Joyce Banda and retorting to criticism of being in the tank for…

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