Integrating local leaders innatural resource management
Malawi recently held the first-ever national chiefs forum on integrated natural resources management and transition to sustainable agriculture and livelihoods....
Analysis
The post election crisis in Zimbabwe: What’s to be done?
As with all elections since 2000, the 2023 harmonised elections have ended in dispute. Contrary to all previous elections, excepting...
Of first term political satisfaction, curses…
Esteemed countrymen, Malawi is abuzz with politics and at the moment the top issues revolve around the economy that is...
Goodall… I was there…
Continued from last week... Every year or once or two years’ time we used to have a World Bank team...
Of DPP’s endless drama, confusion
Folks, sometime in the biblical era, according to the Book of Genesis, God miraculously confused the language of Babylonians who...
‘Inmates should not be ignored’
The Centre for Human Rights Education Advice and Assistance (Chreaa) and DVV International is implementing a Prison Education Project (PEP)...
Our democracy still stubborn 30 years later
Countrymen and women, we are three days into June, the month which marked a major turning point for Malawi’s long...
Moot trial equips law students
Blantyre-based legal firm DNC Chambers recently organised a moot trial between University of Malawi (Unima) and the Catholic University of...
APM, DPP still wasting our time
Folks , las t week I predicted more drama in the DPP following the initial endorsement of Peter Mutharika as...
When politics frustrates LGBTI rights
The human rights fate of the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community is in the hands of government....
Council workers’ body decry ‘poor’ conditions of service
The Malawi Local Government Association (Malga) has expressed concern with what it calls “deplorable conditions of service” for council officials,...
Let’s respect human rights even during pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected many sectors and human rights activists have noted a rise in the number of peoples’...
This nostalgia is bothering me, let me let it out
So when my children were growing up and I used to tell them my first new pair of shoes were...
Decongesting traffic in the City of Blantyre
Getting to work, school or indeed, any other destination on time is increasingly becoming a nightmare in the cities of...
Let us add value to our agricultural products
But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain: some had one hundred grains, others 60, and...
Anti-corruption drive test of Chakwera’s character
The Tonse Alliance-led administration’s war on institutionalised corruption shows no signs of slowing down following arrests of some high-profile individuals...
‘Change is coming to tourism sector’
Tourism is on the brink of sinking due to Covid-19. This means the newly-appointed minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture...
National Audit Office deserves better
The National Audit Office (NAO) was recognised as the best performer in the public service in the 2018/19 after it,...
‘Faith is forcing me on homosexuality’
After President Peter Mutharika appointed Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) members, the Reverend Patrick Semphere was appointed its chairperson. Our...
‘We committed no crime’
On March 10, police arrested Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo on allegation that alongside his vice-chairperson Gift...
