People’s Tribunal
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Stop expecting manna from the capital
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My Lord, I had every intention of dissecting the current polarisations within the Nyasaland Legislative Council. However,…
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The miracle sale of Hotelo Chisakalime, a 40-year vision for the patient retiree
Dear Judge Mbadwa, I am writing to you from my usual seat in the front row of the Public Inquiry…
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The rise of the national eavesdropping industry
Judge Mbadwa, Maybe I am being paranoid, My Lord, but I have come to a startling conclusion: Nyasaland is the…
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Reshuffles and Gomo’s town hall meetings
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My lord, I find myself compelled to write to you today, not because I am shocked by…
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Taxing ‘the dead’ is an abomination
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My lord, it is not the farce of convening pre‑budget meetings whose minutes are politely filed and…
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The pardon paradox and the art of the invisible ink
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My lord, I was almost ready to don my Sunday best and sing the praises of Mapuya…
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Why she is definitely not being isolated
Dear Judge Mbadwa, This Christmas, my lord, the traditional carols were drowned out by a different kind of chorus: the…
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Darkness, empty granaries and Christmas’ hope
Dear Judge Mbadwa, Seasons’ greetings to the most credible and independent court in the land, the People’s Tribunal and its…
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The High cost of purgatory: Nyasaland’s political Guantanamo
Dear Judge Mbadwa, My Lord, the expression “political Guantanamo’ has long ceased being a mere rhetorical flourish in Nyasaland; it…
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The legislative lobotomy: A dispatch from Nyasaland’s Chamber of Echoes
By John Citizen Dear Judge Mbadwa, I watched the five-day orientation for Nyasaland’s newly elected Members of the Legislative Assembly…
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