More cause for celebrations as corruption worsens
Dear judge Mbadwa, I hear you were in a celebratory mood with the rest of the country at the weekend, My Lord, for another…
Category: Columns
Rightful advisers missing
It all started with the great expectations that people of Malawi had about the May 21 2019 elections, to use their ballot to bring…
55 years of blood, sweat, tears
On Saturday, July 6, Malawi commemorated the 55th Independence Day. I would like to take this opportunity to again wish fellow Malawians a happy…
So, should we cry?
There are many ways to describe the current state of affairs in the country. My favourite writer, the irreplaceable and ultimately irredeemable Raphael Tenthani…
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 July 2012. He further…
‘Achievement of gender justice has many approaches’
Hundreds of women took to the streets of Blantyre on Wednesday in support of the embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah amid…
Remembering MEC chair Hanjahanja
July 11, 2019. My mind, of late, has been on one time William Hanjahanja, the only MEC chair this far to have resigned. Hanjahanja,…
Jane Ansah must not go alone
For two long days, Thursday and Friday, last week, Professor Dr. Abiti Joyce Befu, Alhaj Mufti Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (RTD), Nganga Maigwaigwa, PSC (RTD)…
Seodi White made a cartoon of herself
I like the drama that usually unfolds between Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and Blantyre City Council (BCC) when the former are planning to…
Are we smart or dim-witted?
Hon Folks, I don’t remember if, in the past 25 years of multiparty government, there was ever an occasion when leaders from both sides…
‘Japan doesn’t believe in grants’
Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 7) will be held in Yokohama, Japan under the theme “Africa and Yokohama, Sharing Passion for the…
The state of my nation
M alawi is back to square one. In May, Malawi Electoral Commission announced the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in elections marred by widespread…
Stunted at 55, whose fault is it?
Court Clerk: All rise! (the judge takes his seat) You can now sit and we demand total silence as the court of Honourable Mbadwa…
Wife nags, should I divorce her?
Dear BMW, I have an extremely stressful job as a journalist and I need to blow off steam after work (no pun intended). Going…
Money politics exploits Malawians
For the past five years Malawians have continued to be exploited by the leadership because they are poor. There is a bad culture in…
Winter of rage
It must also be very clear, by now, to anyone who cares, that our country is deeply divided and treading in very dangerous waters.…
Herbalists ‘killing’ Malawians
There is a ‘silent killer’ that has been let loose. This killer preys on vulnerable and sick people who are desperate for healing. The…
MEC is not DPP, DPP ain’t MEC
July 4, 2019 If there is one thing that is so hard to say, it is goodbye. It has been hard for me, for…
Mussa’s ban: what’s the real cost?
Hon Folks, does it matter that Washington DC has branded as corrupt our own Uladi Mussa aka Change Goal and consequently banned him and…
US is pissed off with corruption in Malawi
President Peter Mutharika’s aide, Uladi Mussa’s thinking that the United States of America (USA) is wrong to ban him and his spouse for his…