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Making Chakwera’s ATM work
Our indomitable, indefatigable, impeccable and unimpeachable leader, the Most Genuine Professor Dr Joye Befu, MEGA-1, MG 66, and, we, the…
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On President’s pleasure to pardon
April 3 2024 Dear Diary, Pardon, they say, is the best gift one can ever get. Not only does it…
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Parliament still holds key to Abortion Bill
In May 2021, Parliament rejected the Termination of Pregnancy Bill which seeks to amend the Abortion Law. Currently, the law…
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Make the national budget do the magic
Now that dust has settled after Parliament passed the K5.9 trillion 2024/25 National Budget and the subsequent Appropriations Bill that…
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Gain control over your job
From time to time, we lose control over our jobs. Deadlines being broken, delivery below expectation, too many issues coming…
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Harnessing elevator pitch for SMEs
In the ever-evolving entrepreneurship landscape, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are crucial catalysts for economic development and innovation. Despite their…
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Let all senior officials seek treatment at public hospitals
(The Nyasaland Network of Health Systems bemoan the declining health delivery system) Court clerk: All silence! The court of his…
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Should I send her nudes?
Biggie, Hope you are doing great as I am. Mine is a small problem and I know you can help…
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Forget industrialisation,let kaunjika flourish
A couple of days ago, vendors, especially those trading in second-hand clothes, kaunjika, marched to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA)…
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Create, protect local industries for development
Last week, Mary Porter Peschka, the regional representative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a financing and investment bank of…
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Declaring droughts in times of pregnant rivers, lakes, wetlands
Officially, countries that were hitherto known as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, that is Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi, are…
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On President’s pleasure to pardon
April 3 2024 Dear Diary, Pardon, they say, is the best gift one can ever get. Not only does it…
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Trials and tribulations of the DPP
The other day, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) members were attacked as they were preparing for a Blue parade in the…
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Neef turns around fortunes
The National Economic Empowerment Fund (Neef), which is a government microfinance institution, has made a surplus. Neef, formerly known as…
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Why banks continue to survive the storm
Two of the country’s top commercial banks, National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc and Standard Bank plc, have posted impressive…
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Smoking chamba in a ‘sugarless’ and moneyless environment
Dear judge Mbadwa, My lord, I understand you have joined the group of those taking honey in place of sugar…
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Why doesn’t he want ‘rounds’?
Dear BMW, I enjoy reading your column and never thought a day will come when I will need your wise…
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Rumble strips obsession has to stop
There is a growing obsession with rumble strips or what others call rumble surfaces on the country’s roads. Take, for…
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Real meaning of Karonga by-elections results
Results of this week’s by-elections in Karonga should present Malawians in general, and political leaders, in particular, food for thought…
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Letter from Mdyaka to Escom, Mera
Once in a while, we receive requests, sorry, we receive bottom up orders and directives from anthu wamba, abaturage, wananchi,…
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