Columns
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‘Our people have lost control of their economy’
Malawi clocked 25 years under multiparty democracy on Thursday. Our reporter AYAMI MKWANDA caught up with former advisor to president…
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MBC should be fully funded
After visiting Chitipi in Lilongwe, we decided to proceed to Chikwawa on the road to Mchinji to spend a few…
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Investing in inequalities and poverty
To fail is a plan. If you don’t plan anything you are likely to fail. One can say you…
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Investment forum shouldn’t be a talking shop
Talking shop (noun): A place or group regarded as a centre of unproductive talk rather than action. Talking shop, according…
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Do you cause or solve problems?
When it comes to problems, there are basically two types of people. Those that cause problems and those that…
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2019: babies’ revolution time
The youth uprisings that led to the Arab Spring started on December 17 2010 in the small town of…
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Why can’t the minister resign for plunder in councils?
Judge Mbadwa, It is not the hypnotising departure of Sauli Cloud from the People’s Demagogic Party (PDP) that has forced…
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Should I sue him for knocking me up?
Dear BMW, Three years ago, I dated a married man. All I wanted from him was money. He would pay…
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Poisoned chalice
Saulos Klaus Chilima has decided to jump ship before he is banished from the ruling party, one way or the…
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Ignoring the voice of reason
Experience in Malawi has shown that party politics is more of a blame-game rather than concentrating on the proper running…
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To the four guardian angels
I am heartbroken and I am really sorry our beautiful guardian angels—Tisunge Francisco, Jennifer Bonongwe, Gift Manyada and Madalitso Nayuma—for letting…
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Chilima’s loudest statement is what he did not say
It had been a long wait. But finally Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) had to break the ice. And when…
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Is SKC’s departure blessing for APM?
Hon Folks, I’ve no doubt in my mind that quitting DPP is the best thing Vice-President Saulos Chilima has done.…
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What Chilima has done
Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) has finally addressed what was until Wednesday the elephant in the room— future political plans—but…
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‘We should not celebrate corrupt people’
Poor governance is a major driver of socio-economic inequality in Africa. Corruption in government continues to slow development while eroding…
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Can the judiciary be held accountable by Parliament?
Last week Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee was reported to have announced its plan to haul the Chief Justice before it…
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Callista Mutharika has led the way
Last Thursday we met at Chitipi, in Lilongwe, and held a convention where our leader of delegation, Professor Abiti Joyce…
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Of chaotic activism and change
This week, we on the streets spent some hours in the library and stuck on our eyes was one file…
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The ‘Mbungulu’ paradox
It is a mythical folktale in the Ngonde Kingdom that has baffled me for years. Despite living among them, learning…
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Rethink 50:50 campaign
With the 2019 Tripartite Elections around the corner, Minister of Gender, Disabilities, Child and Social Welfare Jean Kalirani launched a…
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