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Thanks Unima for the honours
Once upon a time, in Malawi, any public infrastructure of outstanding quality would be named after Kamuzu, sorry, His Excellency…
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From my little dark shack
Last night was a perilous night. I was arguing with myself over this and that. I could not come to…
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Kunkuyu’s miss-mash of contradictions
Vi ce-Presi dent Saulos Chil ima was in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday, representing Malawi at the 60th Anniversary of…
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Using Neef to phase-out AIP brilliant, but
Using the National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef) to phase out the expensive and frustrating Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) is a…
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Health, food and climate
Malawi healthcare system is strained to meet the needs of a growing population competing with limited resources constrained by debt.…
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Gain control over your job
From time to time, we lose control over our jobs. Deadlines being broken, delivery below expectation, too many issues coming…
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Debt burden major threat to economic recovery
Through Malawi 2063 (MW2063), the country’s long-term development strategy, Malawi is striving to become a lower middle-income economy by 2030,…
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Zikhale, take responsibility
For close to a year now, Malawians have been struggling to get passports. The Department of Immigration has been saying…
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He won’t ‘vasectomise’
What’s up Biggie, Biggie, I have been married to this man I love for close to 10 years now. We…
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We are running out of excuses on passport system
My lord, the passport issuance noise or its lack of has now reached irritating levels. I don’t know who to…
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What if you are the ‘red flag’?
Oftentimes when relationships fail or when we face serious challenges, we blame it on the partner. We lament that we…
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On Malawi School of Government
This week, Malawi School of Government (MSG) was launched by President Lazarus Chakwera. MSG amalgamates Malawi Institute of Management (MIM)…
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Making Chakwera’s ATM work
Our indomitable, indefatigable , impeccable and unimpeachable leader, t h e Mos t Genui n e Professor Dr Joye Befu,…
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On tobacco, Dossi and ravaging water
Oh boy! There has been just a lot, as usual, happening in this lizard shaped land we call Malawi. As…
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Wolves in sheep’s clothing
The avowed objectives of all the past and present loan initiatives such as the Malawi Rural Development Fund (Mardef), Youth…
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Leveraging water for peace
March 22 was the world water day. In Malawi, the theme was Leveraging Water for Peace. Why Peace? Environmental degradation,…
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Gain control over your job
From time to time, we lose control over our jobs. Deadlines being broken, delivery below expectation, too many issues coming…
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Make the national budget do the magic
Now that dust has settled after Parliament passed the K5.9 trillion 2024/25 National Budget and the subsequent Appropriations Bill that…
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Alliances face stormy test
In June 2020, the Tonse Alliance became Malawi’s first electoral coalition to defeat a sitting President in a poll observers…
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Bring loss and damage funds
The future of Malawi’s economy looks terrifying with the harsh impacts of climate-induced disasters exacerbated by widespread poverty levels and…
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