Q & A
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Confronting past wrongs
Last week, President Lazarus Chakwera had reconciliatory meetings with relatives of fallen exiled minister Henry Masauko Chipembere and other victims…
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Justified rebels or spent force?
In February, a political grouping calling itself Liberation Movement wrote President Lazarus Chakwera to sack some top officials at State…
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‘Don’t arrest DCs just to tick boxes’
The Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) is wary of the scatter-gun arrests catalysed by startling audit findings on the K6.2…
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‘CDF littered with abuse’
Chitipa South legislator Welani Chilenga’s motion to put Constituency Development Fund (CDF) firmly under parliamentarians’ grip has reignited accountability questions…
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A divided opposition, cracks on democracy
For any democracy to thrive, it requires a strong opposition to offer alternatives. The rise of the Tonse Alliance has…
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‘Every call affects 18m’
Former president Peter Mutharika fished Dr Bright Molande from the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College to become his executive assistant…
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‘We’re overwhelmed’
The death of minister of Transport Sidik Mia and Local Government’s Lingson Belekanyama last week Monday put a human face…
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‘MBC was set up to fail’
Like other regimes before them, the Tonse Alliance administration promised to deliver an improved Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). But it…
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‘Speed up the judicial system’
Despite the country’s labour laws clearly stipulating the dos and don’ts in workplaces, cases of perceived abuses of workers by…
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Closing digital gender gap
The digital gender gap is still rife in Africa and women are 50 percent less likely to use the Internet…
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