Off the Shelf

Liberalise cement imports to suppress prices

Cement is scarce on the local market. The little that is manufactured costs a leg and an arm, in response…

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You reap what you sow

Before the bloodsuckers’ saga, which is taking people’s lives and creating fear among the people, there was the issue of…

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APM can douse flames of fire or fan them

This coming Tuesday on October 17, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is holding elections in Lilongwe Msozi North Constituency, Lilongwe…

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On the blood-suckers saga: Is someone sleeping on the job?

The most pressing and urgent issue about the blood-sucking saga is not whether it is real or a hoax. Rather…

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Government lost plot on fighting corruption

As expected, Malawi is not making any progress on the ease of doing business with corruption, access to financing and…

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Tame your tongue Mama Greselder Jeffery

There are issues political party officials can defend, but not daylight thievery and abuse of government property and resources. It…

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Pay ex-MYP members, victims of Operation Bwezani

I was deeply touched by an account of an ex-Malawi Young Pioneers (MYP) female member who claimed she was raped…

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Reforms unit needs reform

The Public Service Reforms Management Unit (PSRMU) at the helm of the reforms in the public service in the country…

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That’s it MEC but there is more to push for

I don’t want to open a can of worms, but the decision by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) this week…

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Kick politics out of public university colleges

This week the University of Malawi (Unima) Council announced that it had endorsed the delinking of the College of Medicine…

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