Cut the Chaff
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That’s how law of the jungle works sweetheart!
Pre-electoral alliances and post-election coalitions of political parties in Malawi have not started with the constitutional provision of 50+1 of…
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MCP NEC’s grotesque, self-defeating ploy
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is an entity of shifting contradictions. Just when the party does something that makes one begin…
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The sadists in our city halls
City councils in Malawi are sadists and their callousness prays on the poorest of the poor in their areas of…
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RBM and its mwamuna wa jumbo syndrome
The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) is neither independent from Malawi Government nor free from International Monetary Fund (IMF). It…
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The DPP chaos in the House is APM’s fault
Maybe he was sulking or was it the sting of defeat at the hands of the Lazarus Chakwera-led Tonse Alliance…
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Chithyola’s troubling threesome economics
Three people have died while about 1 070 have been affected by natural disasters that have hit some parts of…
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Weird, very weird
As a columnist for at least 15 years, I built a readership base locally and internationally—great people who would look…
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Centre speaks on declining social sector funding
A fortnight ago, the leadership of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), through its national disciplinary committee summoned their vice-president…
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How DPP has become its own enemy
A fortnight ago, the leadership of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), through its national disciplinary committee summoned their vice-president…
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This is not the China I expected
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the People’s Republic of China for the first time. I travelled to attend…
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This is not the China I expected
A couple of weeks ago, I visited the People’s Republic of China for the first time. I travelled to attend…
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Gwengwe must account for dubious guarantees
Make no mistake on these deals that involve sovereign guarantees—it is the Minister of Finance who is ultimately responsible for…
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Beware the marching Ides of stagflation
It is official. The Malawi economy is now experiencing a stag-flationary dynamic: slow growth and high inflation. In his 2023/24…
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Beware the marching Ides of stagflation
It is official. The Malawi economy is now experiencing a stag-flationary dynamic: slow growth and high inflation. In his 2023/24…
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State of the race to 2025
The field for the 2025 presidential campaign looks very murky at the moment. In the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), several…
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Careless external pressure can be double-edged sword
Three Western diplomats—in varying tones—came out to air their thoughts about how the Tonse Alliance administration is handling the corruption…
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Forex auctions are a terrible joke!
This must have been really embarrassing for the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Wilson Banda. The foreign exchange auction…
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Forex auctions are a terrible joke!
This must have been really embarrassing for the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Wilson Banda. The foreign exchange auction…
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Gwengwe must account for his fiscal consolidation drive
Since it is traditional to wish each other a Happy New Year, I have to abide by it and extend…
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Admarc handling was amateur hour
The suspension of Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) operations back in September was done amateurishly with little regard to…
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