My Turn
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Cost of keeping refugees idle
Malawi enforces a strict refugee encampment policy requiring all asylum seekers and refugees to live inside the designated Dzaleka Refugee…
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Aid cuts call for innovation
Every cloud has a silver lining. The UK’s decision to reduce development assistance should ignite a national debate about how…
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Energy goes beyond lights
At the just-ended Fifa World Cup finals, history has been made. Spain was crowned world champions for a second time.…
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Blantyre’s colonial ghosts—part 2
Structures once used to oppress our grandparents may one day injure their descendants. This safety issue comes to mind as…
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Blantyre’s colonial ghosts—Part 1
Malawi’s commercial capital remains haunted by colonial-era buildings that no longer serve their purpose due to a law long misinterpreted.…
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Mu umodzi muli mphamvu
When I arrived in Malawi, I was delighted to learn that the old Irish proverb ní neart go cur le…
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Is success still key to education?
The recent education policy decisions in Malawi depict a dangerous disparity between political scoreboard aspirations and practical realities. Recently, government…
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Balancing honesty and loyalty
Malawians are often bombarded with calls to honesty and loyalty in all spheres of life. Religious leaders preach the twin…
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Where is Malawi in space race?
When the Artemis II mission orbited the moon in April this year, Malawians followed with enthusiasm. As one commentator put…
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Intimidation weakens truth
Malawians watching Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee’s inquiry into the plane crash that killed Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others on June…
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