Off the Shelf
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We need to invest in culture
Malawi is richly endowed with intangible cultural assets, particularly among the Chewa communities of the central and southern regions. In…
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Malawi’s annual ritual: Gambling with rain
In Malawi, the planting season is more than a season. It is a deadline, a weather forecast, a public-relations exercise…
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A nation left guessing
A President is entitled to privacy. The business of the State is not. Yet Malawians are left wondering how executive…
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The battle of big mouths
Malawi is drowning in declarations but starved of explanations. Everyone wants to be heard, yet those in power are reluctant…
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Democracy must be bigger than individuals
Over a year after losing power, MCP remains consumed by leadership wrangles instead of holding the DPP-led government to account…
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Sacrifice for some, relief for others
Malawi is negotiating a new programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), built around familiar demands: controlling government spending, reducing…
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Once upon a time paraffin reigned supreme
Put the current fuel scarcity aside for a moment; paraffin appears to have vanished from our filling stations years ago.…
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Four Fs, five excuses
Malawi’s economic report card is being marked by the wrong people. Government sees four Fs and calls it progress: food,…
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The one-year itch
One year into the DPP’s return to power, Malawi has a rather awkward anniversary present for its government: the same…
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The Republic of ‘Come Back Tomorrow’
There is a peculiar country somewhere between the Ministry of Finance and the hospital pharmacy where medicines mysteriously disappear. Welcome…
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