My Turn
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Chiefs hijack social cash transfer
Social cash transfer programmes are an increasingly popular component of social protection strategies across sub-Saharan Africa. The provision of…
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Give African children a healthy start
This week, at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, we watched with pride as Heads of State…
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A country of big ideas and low standards
I love Malawi and its capital, Lilongwe, is a beautiful plain laced with rivers, flora and fauna. The same…
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Time to redefine ourselves
Last year in March, I had a touchy Skype question time with 50 preschool children from Amsterdam in the Netherlands.…
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Reducing urban disasters
Since the dawn of democracy, informal settlements have increased significantly in urban areas. It is estimated that up to…
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Degree for secretary’s printer?
As technology is increasingly permeating every facet of society, you would think that the private sector would be all…
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Tales from Bingu Stadium
Imposing and architectural completeness—that is what qualifies the Bingu National Stadium (BNS) as a national asset. It offers an…
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Bravo Luso TV, kudos FAM!
So much has been said. Mathematicians have done their calculations. Conspiracy theorists have blamed Nyasa Big Bullets and Be…
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Malawi living in the dark
A blackout on my first day back home in December lasted all of an interrupted 19 hours. A recent…
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‘High food costs, commodity prices dampen economy’
A World Bank Group report says higher food costs contributed to inflation in Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa and…
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On Mzuzu’s ghost youth centre
On December 19 last year, Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Henry Mussa presided over a second…
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Subcontract garbage collection
Lilongwe City is hit hard by poor garbage collection. This chronic malady seems to be beyond the management of…
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Institutionalise indigenous knowledge
On this page journalist-cum-academic Mzati Nkolokosa recently announced with an air of glee the ‘good news’ of the establishment…
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Make chinamwali education-friendly
In February, I took a minibus between Lauderdale Tea Estate to Muloza Border. Near Mimosa, a girl with a…
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Political appointments and governance
Surely, the rationale behind public sector reforms is to improve the performance of public institutions. The anticipation is that, with…
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On national building regulations
Recently, Parliament passed laws touted as a tool for sustainable management of the country’s land resources. The land laws…
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On churches’ anti-abortion march
I write to express my contrary opinion to Pilirani Gondwe’s article on My Turn of December 9 2016 edition…
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Allow women voices on abortion laws
The heated debate about liberalisation of abortion has been dogged by lies, assumptions and even religious dogma. The recent…
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With good PR, you get it right!
In 1822, the fourth US President James Madison said: “A popular government without popular information or the means of…
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Wage war against defilement
Not a single day passes without hearing about a defilement case in Malawi. The most recent one being that…
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