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Tackling Malawi’s jobs challenge
Many households in Malawi have a young person who is unemployed, but completed tertiary education or skills training. Every day,…
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We cannot judge others
This tendency of judging someone before we try them out or get to know them can have devastating consequences. Borrowed…
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Time is cruel to governing parties
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My Lord, the People’s Demagogic Party (PDP) has officially resumed its role at the helm. And Mapuya…
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Of alliances and heartbreaks
Dear BMW About seven months ago I fell in love with a married man in Blantyre. I wasn’t bothered by…
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Who really broke the State House?
Reports are swirling that some official residences at State House are in serious disrepair. The narrative suggests that loyalists of…
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Reactivate public reforms
Five years ago, Malawians elected a president who campaigned on a bold promise of national transformation. But in his quest…
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Afidep pushes for accelerated socio-economic transformation
The African Institute for Development Policy (Afidep), a regional non-profit research and policy institute established in 2010, continues to play…
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Judiciary-led power transition
The inauguration of President Peter Mutharika as the country’s seventh President on Saturday should have been a proud moment of…
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There goes an apathetic leader
In 2020, Malawians rejected a sitting president in a court-sanctioned election, with then opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera winning 60 percent…
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My boyfriend stinks like a fish
Dear Big Man, I do not know if my letter fits into any category of problems that you are comfortable…
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