Word on the street
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Feedback: Politicians will not change MBC
Last week, an avid reader of this column weighed in on the debate on the role of taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting…
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Politicians will not change MBC
This week, I received some views on the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) scandal last week. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster aired comments…
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Corrupt officials weaken State institutions
Africa doesn’t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions, former US president Barack Obama said during his visit to Ghana in…
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Chakwera spoke well, but will he walk the talk?
Former preacher, Lazarus Chakwera became the first person in the history of this country to present nomination papers for presidential…
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Botomani, Jappie giving Malawi a bad name
Mark Botomani, the commissar of enlightenment, should be ashamed. This man has been lying through the teeth to Malawians for…
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MEC lacks legitimacy, but it’s wheels must keep turning
T he Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) announcement on Monday in which it announced the launch of the fresh presidential election…
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Activism in Malawi
This week, the arrest of human rights defenders, Gift Trapence and Reverend MacDonald Sembereka has dominated the news. That is…
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Government and governance
L ast week’s entry on the abuse of power by MPs at local government level attracted a lot of feedback.…
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‘Muluzi not responsible for failure of Vision 2020’
Last week, Bakili Muluzi’s aide Ken Ndanga responded to my entry on this plot in which I took a dig…
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Dear Bakili Muluzi, this is 2020
Dear Your Excellency. As a preamble from the street, we send you greetings and good wishes for the New Year—a…
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