Democracy or values crisis?
We can ignore the role of smart phones in relationships but the effects are evident. An average person will die protecting a phone password…
Category: Columns
Rethinking our food system
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. The new UN climate change report warns that we must rethink how…
Mob justice serves no justice
I want to delve into something which is gradually turning our country into a State of lawlessness—mob justice. I have watched and read how…
Wife parties hard, should I get worried?
Dear BMW, After a three-week hiatus, it was good to see you back in Nation on Sunday last week. Welcome back Biggie. In fact,…
For posterity’s sake…
For posterity’s sake…“If the only tool you have is a hammer,” goes one African proverb, “you tend to see every problem as a nail.”…
Malawi needs a decisive leader
Whenever a Head of State has been sworn into power, he/she becomes the most powerful citizen in the country. Among other things, he is…
Why deafening silence on current turmoil
Dear judge Mbadwa, I am not writing you now to draw your attention to the marathon election case that is taking place at the…
Vision or nightmare?
Hon. Folks, this is August and four months later we’ll bid ‘bye to the year 2019. I wonder what this invokes in you: a…
Quota system: Take the bull by the horns
That the Quota system, in all its sheds and manifestations is evil, there is no contestation. The Quota system was first introduced in 1987.…
No tolerance for intolerance
August 15 2019 Thursday morning, Malawi woke up to the news that Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo’s house was petrol-bombed in…
‘Every dog bite is a potential rabies bite’
For the past week, government has been running an anti-rabies campaign by vaccinating for free all dogs across the country. Rabies is an infection…
Nipping M5 rehabilitation corruption
Sometime in June this year, the media, public, private and social, reported that the Malawi government has dedicated K120 billion to rehabilitate part of…
Enhancing trees survival
The effects of climate change are already being felt in Africa on human health, livelihoods, food productivity, water availability and overall security, among others.…
Community radio matters
Community radio stations have a great a role in enhancing development and democracy at community and national level. Radio informs and transforms societies. It…
Invest in teacher training
P eople say teaching is a noble profession, but I do not see any sense of nobility in the profession given the servitude teachers…
Am I taking the Miss Independent life too far?
Dear BMW, I just ended an engagement to someone I loved, but didn’t want to be with forever. I’m 38. The engagement ended a…
Running govt with bribery
It is a well-known fact that development is severely lacking in Malawi. President Peter Mutharika tries to convince people that he has delivered lots…
Stakes extremely high for Ansah’s head
August 8 2019 It is astounding to think that with all the fire and rout against her Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah…
‘Malawi needs to consolidate economic gains’
After serving as resident representative for three years, International Monetary Fund’s JACK REE ends his tour of duty on August 12. Our Business News…
Are we expecting a miracle from IG Jose?
Does anyone expect something extraordinary from Inspector General of Police Rodney Jose? I for one do not. Jose enjoys to be deliberately misadvised on…