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How rational are tobacco farmers?
It has now become a song sung every year: some tobacco farmers and/or traders are skipping the local auction floors…
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Fact or fiction?
I was particularly interested to know the goings-on when I heard that Supreme Court judge Anastasia Msosa had been appointed…
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To be brainless and headless
My wife now knows that it is fruitless to ask me questions such as those the President asked us: ‘Do…
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Police are spying on me!
I was getting out on a trip through Kamuzu International Airport. As I passed through one of the police check-points…
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‘Friends’ in corridors of power
This other day I was wondering whether I have used the contacts and relationships that I have to good effect.…
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I envy Dr George Chaponda
There are people whose guardian angels are wide awake. One of those people, I am sure, is Dr George Chaponda.…
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Lessons from Kenya
I am writing this article on the day that results of Kenyan six-part elections were announced. It was a six-part…
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Should Malawian pay for healthcare?
There is this question that has daunted us for generations. Should Malawians pay for healthcare? Depending on what are your…
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The priest’s revolt
I am writing this article after reading a newspaper article whose headline was that our learned judges are asking “the…
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Walking down memory lane
Let me start this article by walking down the memory lane. When the first Malawian vice-chancellor of the University of…
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‘I am the road you walk’
In case you are wondering what I have been reading lately, I am reading Mufunanji Magalasi’s book, Stage Drama in…
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How to deal with drug shortages
The word ‘drug’ is not in common language of the country. I mean, in common everyday language because of late,…
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Tell me if I am wrong
In the past several weeks, I have been following up on several issues of note. First was the reported announcement…
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Who is right, JB or me?
On 8th January President Joyce Banda met with Peoples Party committee members from the Northern Region at the Mzuzu State…
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Why is Six afraid of Seven?
I was with my children when one asked the question? “Why is Six afraid of Seven?” These are riddles that…
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Things that need attention
Let me start by saying that those people who are against the State President distributing maize but would rather see…
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To be or not to be a doctor
Let me start by saying two things. One, I feel disappointed that the President is yet to declare her assets.…
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Hiding behind the smokescreen FAM style
Following Malawi’s ouster from AFCON and the World Cup 2014 as a result of the defeat we suffered in Lilongwe…
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Blame the Chinese
There is an illness developing in this country which I will call the “Blame-the-Chinese Syndrome.” What I mean by this…
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Letter to the President
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you all to think carefully about the letters that two of our former Presidents…
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