My Turn
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Scrutiny of subsidies, dawn of a legacy
It goes without saying that, as a country, we are one of the poorest in the world. Subsidies are meant…
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Youth creativity and unemployment
The pace of Africa’s economic growth is insufficient to produce the one million new jobs a month to match the…
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Deepening decentralisation
The restoration of multi-party democracy in 1993 in Malawi brought with it the need to decentralise the highly centralised administrative…
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Mind homeland security
As southern Africa grapples with terrorist attacks in northern Mozambique, it is startling that Malawi Government is somehow keeping this…
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How to vaccinate every country
Covid-19 will not truly end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in the poorest countries. Worldwide vaccination offers…
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Curse of CDSS learners
The debate over poor academic performance in community day secondary schools (CDSSs) refuses to die. Education experts and commentators often…
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How women fan patriarchy
As gender-based violence (GBV) cases are rising, religious and traditional leaders are taking unconventional ways to deal with it. It…
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Strengthening science for policymaking
When the first academy of the sciences was established in Rome in 1603, its founders called it the Accademia dei…
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Institutionalise arts
The government should operationalise the Cultural Policy approved six years ago to institutionalise the creative sector, which remains disjointed. There…
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Lessons from Derek Chauvin case
The recent trial of a former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who was convicted of killing a 46-year-old black man,…
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