Business Columns
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Taxes: Types and uses
No taxation without representation” shouted British-American colonies in 1776. When King George III sent an army to enforce taxes, the…
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Is that job of yours really your passion?
I’ve observed it and can bear testimony over and over again: the people that succeed in a particular career path…
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The tragic cost of irresponsible public debt management
So, the latest debt sustainability analysis for Malawi—jointly carried out by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—shows…
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Goodall’s honesty, diplomacy and budget
In making the assumptions for the 2015/16 National Budget delivered in Parliament on Friday, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and…
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Reach out to your ‘dependencies’
One of the common reasons most of our work fails to be completed or to be completed on time is…
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Ralph led a good life
“Iwe, Chaffer, wayamba ulesi eti! Why didn’t you write your column this week?” He chastised, adding, “readers have no idea…
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Accelerate your promotion – Part 2
Last week, we discussed some of the techniques that you can use in order to accelerate your promotion at work.…
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Public and private ownership of business
The confrontation between the Executive and the Legislature regarding the impending fate of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) has attained fever…
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Understand winning criteria
The Labour Day falling on Friday gave us a good long weekend which was quite eventful for many. Even those…
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Reforms should curb duplication
Reforms has become one of the most commonly used terms in the country ever since President Peter Mutharika appointed Vice-President…
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Tales of the Monkey Bay hotel
Back in the formative years of my career I had a supervisor who usually quipped that “delay defeats equity”. Recently,…
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Why your neighbour is richer than you
This week, I came across an admirable review of the often-lauded personal finance book, The Millionaire Next Door. First published…
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Reaping from fabric business
Unlike most females who choose to sell clothes, shoes, handbags and beauty accessories, 23-year-old Mary Gondwe decided to make her…
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Before prosperity comes sanity
Life has got its own distinct non-negotiable rules. Take for example; it is a fact that order begets progress and…
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When civics and agriculture were taught
This is a reflection on the wisdom that a stitch in time saves nine Back in my younger days I…
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Is privatisation a master key?
Two banks are up for grabs under the new jargon, public-private partnership (PPP), a much “sexier” term than privatisation. There…
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Inequalities fuel poverty
Like all of us, a decent life is what we all want. Deprivation or poverty is not a good thing…
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When civics and agriculture were taught
This is a reflection on the wisdom that a Stitch in time saves nine. Back in my younger days I…
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Is public debt an issue?
We all have run into debt at some stage in our lives for different reasons. Financial planners usually tell us…
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The re-awakening from slumber of insanity
There has always been a saying of wisdom that goes like “what does not kill you makes you stronger”. There…
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