From Where I Stand
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When the Vice-President says she is being sidelined
When I wrote in this column some weeks ago that the treatment of First Vice-President Jane Ansah raised uncomfortable questions…
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We cannot afford to sleepwalk into another hunger crisis
It is unsettling to watch the agricultural season approach while many of the people expected to feed this country are…
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By public demand: The Scorchers deserve more than our applause
As I said last week, I rarely write about football. Those who know my work will attest that my interests…
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The Scorchers deserve more than our applause
I rarely write about football. Those who know my work will attest that my interests usually lie elsewhere; governance, gender…
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The bigger by-election story we are not telling
Five elective positions were filled through the June 30 by-elections: three parliamentary seats and two ward councillor positions. Voter turnout…
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The bigger by-election story we are not telling
Five elective positions were filled through the June 30 by-elections: three parliamentary seats and two ward councillor positions. Voter turnout…
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The South Africa deportations are Malawi’s wake-up call
The images emerging from South Africa are painful to watch. Thousands of Malawians crowded into temporary deportation centres, families sleeping…
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Feeding school children must be govt’s priority
The looming funding gap threatening Malawi’s school feeding programme should not be treated as just another development challenge to be…
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When water is far, equality is further away
As Malawi marked World Water Day under the theme Water and Gender Equality, the message delivered in Liwonde by Deputy…
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A mandate wasted? When MPs fail to show up
On Tuesday, the National Assembly presented a picture that should trouble every Malawian who believes in representative democracy. Out of…
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