Off the Shelf
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Have we been moving forward or backwards?
In a month, we will hit 58 years as a sovereign State. The most logical questions to ask having gone…
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Chakwera hard on Kandodo
Last Sunday President Lazarus Chakwera started cracking the whip—so to speak—on his Tonse Alliance ‘clearing the rubble’ campaign promise. This…
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More fire on draining the swamp
Malawi is full of surprises. A week does not pass without some heart-rending or mind boggling event taking place. If…
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Fight together, win together
In the 2019 post-election protests, people from all walks of life fought for justice together. They felt hard done by…
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DPP’s only way out is convention
The outcome of this week’s parliamentary by-elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) came out the biggest loser, has one…
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A lot of hot air on teachers strike
Either, the government is playing games with the Teachers’ Union of Malawi (TUM) or TUM itself, the Ministry of Education…
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Fare thee well Magufuli
In last week’s entry after it was reported that Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli had been admitted to a hospital,…
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Off the Shelf 5 years on
Today marks exactly five years since this column started. I was pleasantly surprised that the maiden entry of the column…
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Sacrificial lambs of a dysfunctional system
Twenty-eight district commissioners (DCs), seven chief executive officers (CEOs) of cities, municipalities and town councils, 10 principal secretaries and all…
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Diligence is non-negotiable
My daughter was very excited on Wednesday evening with the news of the reopening of schools on Monday February 22…
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