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Youths’ role in leadership
What is the reality for many youths in Malawi today? I feel sad that most countries, including Malawi, classify…
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Indict rebels for embarrassing Mapuya
Dear Justice Mbadwa, I, Clement Katanya, chairperson of the transparency and accountability committee in my village Makobola, has been compelled…
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Herbalists ‘killing’ Malawians
There is a ‘silent killer’ that has been let loose. This killer preys on vulnerable and sick people who are…
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Undeveloped, under-developed or developing?
Countries have been stratified into different classes depending on their level of development. Some are developed countries, others are undeveloped…
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Angels and demons
By now we now know that there will not be any amicable divorce between President Peter Mutharika and his younger…
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Election is competition about ideas
Under the leadership of President Peter Mutharika, Malawians have gone through all manner of suffering. The economy is nothing to…
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When you have to say good bye
I wish I could, even wish I had, said good bye. But I was not sure because I hoped, even…
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A national budget is a promise
Since Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe presented the 2018/19 financial blue print, newspapers and several other media platforms have described it…
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Bio constitutional algorithm
The French intellectual, Michel Foucault, expounded a thesis on knowledge and power; and more precisely ‘power–knowledge’. For present purposes and…
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Why no-one cares about Malawi’s biggest problem
Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima has recently spoken about corruption in the country putting the lives of people at risk. He…
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Accelerating growth through support to youth enterprises
The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Malawi has partnered with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a new project called Malawi…
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Why the Bible encourages investing
Not long ago, my pastor took to the pulpit with the message from Matthew 25:14-30. The passage basically discusses a…
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Malawians are not daft, Mr. Vice President
My Kenyan friend Fidel insists that Malawians are daft people. He always mentions what JB did to Malawians as a…
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Why we now support Peter Mutharika
Mission accomplished. At Area 30, as the Police Headquarters are called, we delivered our petition for a delivery of an…
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On adverts and consumer safety
It is common knowledge that as the market environment becomes more and more competitive due to the availability of substitute…
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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,…
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Democracy doesn’t kill creativity
Good people, some people perceive the restoration of democracy in the country as the deathbed of Malawian literature. This damning…
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Time to cut the cloth according to size
Revelations this week that Malawi’s domestic debt is projected to rise by 473.6 percent because government plans to borrow…
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Measure your impact?
I work in the field of information technology (IT). Technically, before we start any IT project, we do what…
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Devastating effects of NCDs
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), otherwise known as chronic diseases, do not spread from person to person. They include hypertension, diabetes,…
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