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Maybe Winnie was right
If Nelson Mandela was a saint, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, his wife, would be a fallen angel. While their marriage survived prison,…
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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 is…
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Price discrimination at play?
In many cases, the relationship between most commercial banks and their customers has been one of mistrust, at least…
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Are you for it or not?
Abuse, violence, negligence, corruption, inequality, favouritism, immorality, carelessness, laziness, selfishness…. The list of things that have stagnated our personal…
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Disease killing our cities
Malawi cities are suffering from a disease. It has no official name, but we will call it ‘predatory planning…
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Gems from China, Botswana
Can Malawi learn anything from China and Botswana? On one side is the largest country in the world in…
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This kind of civic leadership is pointless
When the ill-fated dialogue session between the Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe and the leadership of some civil society organisations…
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They matter ‘only in election times’
Hon Folks, for the first time in living memory we’ve heard that the youth are the focal point of the…
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Change work ethic, reward diligence, hard work
There is bad news for the youth of this country. More so for those who are waiting to graduate…
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Gaddafi’s money haunts Sarkozy, our former headteacher
Malawi’s Most Excellent Grand Achiever, Professor Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66 and MEGA 1; Alhajj Mufti Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (RTD),…
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PAC, CSO split should worry us all
The civil society organisation (CSO) movement in the country is dying a slow death and it is time, all right-thinking…
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Into the coffers 2.0
The State’s case: In the months of June to August 2013, Maxwell Namata stole the sum of K14 439 966.50…
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Consumers deserve safety, fairness
March 15 is gone, but, as consumers of various goods and services, I feel it is not too late…
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Neglected aspect of health
Health can be defined in different ways, but all boil down to how World Health Organisation (WHO) defines it.…
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National overhaul key to the riddle
We are told that peace is the indispensable foundation of economic development. We have enjoyed peace since 1959 when the…
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Defectors are ‘developers’ in their own right
(Judge Mbadwa is hearing a case in which defectors a group of defectors are asking the court to recognise the…
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My man wants a kid out of wedlock
Hello BMW, I am 28 and have a boyfriend whom we have been dating for two years. He is now…
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‘A’ should not be for apple
Our children are daily bombarded with foreign methodologies of achieving basic literacy and numeracy. A popular alphabet chart has ‘A…
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No reason for happiness in Malawi
The 2018 United Nations world happiness report has shown that Malawi is one of the countries with the least happy…
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Motherhood comes in many forms
The overwhelming feedback to last week’s column—from both women and men—is greatly appreciated. The feedback came from e-mails, Social Media…
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