On intellectual property
Malawi has enormous talent in art, literature, design and invention. Do these creators fully benefit from their creations? Does the country benefit from the…
Category: Columns
This marathon had to come to an end
Dear judge Mbadwa, Surely a well-run race will never be called a race if it does not come to an end. It had to…
Your vote is a powerful weapon, use it
In 48 hour’s time Malawians will be going to the polls to elect local government councillors, members of Parliament and a President. The tripartite…
Is it wrong to care about his size?
Dear BMW, There’s a popular saying that goes: ‘Women say they love the little things’ but Biggie, mhu mhu, I thought I knew what…
Good luck, folks!
By the time you will read another entry on this column, we will have a new administration lording over Capital Hill, shaping policy, administering…
Don’t shred the vote!
H Folks, on Tuesday Malawians will be voting for the sixth time since the multiparty dispensation was ushered in some 25 years ago in…
‘UbuntuNet connects research networks’
Matthews Mtumbuka is the new CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance, a non-profit organisation supporting universities in Eastern and Southern Africa. In this interview with Oxford…
Let the people speak now
It is three days to go before Malawians across the country line up at polling centres to decide who will lead them for the…
You have fought the fight and finished the race
Even the longest journey comes to an end. So the adage says. This end can either bring relief and tears of joy for safely…
Mass promotions for extension officers long overdue
We promised sometime back that we would camp at Nsipe in Mangoni or Kabudula in the Republic of Lilongwe soon after voting for our…
Malawi’s last mile to May 21 Tripartite Elections
It was an honour and privilege this week, as our country inches toward the second tripartite elections, to be invited on Wednesday to…
Stop gender rhetoric
Just imagine equal and active participation of women and the youth in the social, political and economic activities of Malawi. How much will…
Perils of political pretenders
It is less than a week before the May 21 polls in which Malawians will elect president, members of Parliament and ward…
Who’s rigging elections?
T he elections fever has gripped the citizenry and the euphoria seems to have engulfed the nation to the point that no day…
Your vote is a powerful weapon, use it
In a week’s time Malawians will be going to the polls to elect local government councillors, members of Parliament and a president. The tripartite…
The candidates are not the saints you dreamt about
Dear judge Mbadwa, My Lord in a few days from today Nyasas will be going to the polls to elect councillors, Members of Parliament…
I am falling for the barmaid
Dear BMW, I am a 28-year-old married entrepreneur with a little more cash to splash. I love spending my free time at one of…
Malawians can, indeed, bring change
It can be said without any contradiction that in Malawi there is politics of the people and not politics of ideology. Hence, party manifestos…
A rat race
In few days time, your index finger will probably be draped in ink having voted for your preferred presidential candidate or party. But regardless…
Five worst roads: why are they missing on the political campaign agendas?
Ten days from today, Malawians, genuine and fake ones alike, who registered will choose members of Parliament to represent their constituencies and aspirations, a…