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The ghosts of Capital Hill
26 August 2026 At the height of the Cashgate scandal, the one-time budget director Paul Mphwiyo said “the Malawi Government…
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State-run media are governing party puppets
Welcome to the democratic wonderland of Malawi, where the State broadcast machinery possesses the miraculous ability to make the country’s…
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Malawi’s Economists’ Bill Still Needs One Important Boundary Drawn
Malawi has just decided who may call themselves an economist, which turns out to be the easy part of a…
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Malawi’s mental state
On October 10 every year, Malawi joins the rest of the civilised world to commemorate World Mental Health Day. Over…
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Are we getting it right by calling for Lin’s release?
I did not initially want to add my voice to the debate over calls for the release of Lin Yunhua,…
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Plug Malawi in: We cannot negotiate in the dark
In the grand, dimly lit theatre of Malawian infrastructure, a new tragi-comedy has taken centre-stage: ‘The case of the missing…
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Let’s talk about Malawi’s future
Every nation must pause and ask itself: Is what carried us yesterday still able to carry us tomorrow? For Malawi,…
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Water is life, and life doesn’t come cheap
Judge Mbadwa, I submit this urgent petition to your honourable bench following the delightful news that the Nyasaland Ministry of…
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Scorchers exploits provided visa for my man to cheat
BMW, I know the success of the Scorchers has brought a lot of excitement to the country, and, I suspect,…
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Equation incomplete without us
For so long, we have been told that science and mathematics are fields of cold, objective data and a man’s…
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