Analysis
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On glorifying poverty in Malawi
Recently President Peter Mutharika was in Egypt at Sharm el-Sheik attending a meeting on Tripartite Free Trade Area. While there,…
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Stop asking, start doing it
In May this year I attended a women leadership training that focused on personal and professional rebranding which was organised…
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Why are we so cursed?
Why are we so blest?—a novel by one of Africa’s leading fiction writers, Ayi Kweyi Arma—shows mental disturbance due to…
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UDF problems not about Section 65
UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga clearly has a rich and creative brain that provides answers to every problem he and his…
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The foolish black-coloured raven
A raven, which is known to be black as coal, was envious of the swan, because the swan’s feathers were…
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Clean windscreens with vinegar
Malawi Police Service (MPS) traffic officers and minibus drivers have a game that they play on the road. The game…
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So, what have we learnt on elections?
BY LEVI KABWATO The one-year anniversary of our hugely-contested and drama-laden general elections passed this past Tuesday without much pomp…
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The right culture will aid innovations
I have stated elsewhere that as a youths growing up at Nkhoma Mission, my brother and I made several attempts…
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Oped: Give the youth a chance
A question that remains to be addressed honestly and sincerely in the aftermath of Afrophobia (commonly referred to as Xenophobia)…
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Will local languages deliver? (Part II)
Pupils will be equally affected. Woe to the pupil who transfers from one area to another to follow parents or…
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Will ATI Bill go to Parliament this June?
The wait has been long—almost a decade. But the coming in of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) last year raised…
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Malawians battle to access public information
Despite the Access to Information (ATI) Bill providing for the ease of access to public information, there are many other…
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Information bill: The good, the delays and the fears
In the second part of the series aimed at popularising the Access to Information Bill, currently at the Ministry of…
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How to save the falling Admarc empire
In this final discussion of the three-part Admarc series, our news analyst EPHRAIM NYONDO explores some of the ways which…
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How the Admarc empire was lost
From the vibrant 1970s and 1980 to the apparent lethargy of today, the journey of Admarc is a story of…
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Easing self-boarding woes
As the woes that characterise life for secondary students who rent premises near their schools continue, schools, communities, the civil…
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Self-boarding woes continue, defying govt ban
Last year, the Ministry of Education issued a circular condemning self-boarding in community day secondary schools. Weekend Investigate finds out,…
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Will Malawi develop?
Issues of development aren’t trivial for one not to meditate upon. For everyone whose sanity and intellect is in the…
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Nyika: Hard-to-reach paradise
Nyika is paradise. But it is far and the 120km road from Rumphi is bumpy. Our Mzuzu Bureau Supervisor JAMES…
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Storms and smiles of Sonda
A Mzuzu-based granny, who keeps children orphaned by harsh winds, has acquired a house—thanks to givers who could not stand…
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