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Malawi needs an active citizenry
The past week has been quite an eventful one in all spheres. From Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe’s stuttering— although…
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Fighting a losing corruption battle
The recent 2017 Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International has shown that Malawi is still a very corrupt country…
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Announcing launch of funding bypass!
Hon Folks, first, a question on best practices: Which must come first between planning and financing? The plan comes first,…
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The case against economic predators in Parliament
Opposition members of Parliament (MPs)—especially those from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)—this week did a pretty good job of pretending…
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MPs and their selfishness
It is said that the Malawi Parliament has one of the highest turnover of members of Parliament (MPs) in…
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Why some Malawians loathe paying taxes
The behaviour of the people manning the public purse does not inspire confidence to taxpayers. It is the reason some…
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‘Lawyers’ professional standards must be maintained’
Mwiza Jo Nkhata, an associate professor of Law at the University of Malawi was elected president of the Malawi Law…
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Insurance should innovate to grow
Not long ago, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Dalitso Kabambe, in his capacity as registrar of financial services,…
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Be happy at work
By standard, we spend around eight hours at work every day from Monday to Friday. In practice, many people…
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Men’s side of GBV
Since the restoration of democracy in 1994, gender activists in Malawi have vigorously fought the use of violence against…
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Problems about surplus graduates
Let us begin with anecdotes. A humble looking businessperson called at a bank to open an account. In his…
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What should I look for in a man?
Dear BWM I have so many questions for you. I am a 23-year-old confused young woman who is trying to…
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Miscarriage of justice
“Justice? You get justice in the next world, in this world, you have the law,” William Gaddis, A Fluoric of…
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There’s a cholera crisis
We have a cholera outbreak crisis in the country. The number of cases and deaths from cholera keeps on rising.…
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Let them celebrate movement on corruption index
Dearest Judge Mbadwa, You have probably heard that Mapuya has been very busy lately; shuttling between markets and forests breaking…
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President Peter Mutharika once said his government is a political government. One might say there is nothing wrong with such…
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In denial of rampant corruption?
Hon. Folks, the comparison of Reaganomics to “Tchopanomics” and the use of the expression “It’s Tchopanomics, stupid”, a derivative of…
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On life-long pension for former Speakers
It was honourable that government directed that one of its fallen sons—Sam Mpasu—who passed on last week be accorded a…
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Was all that pomp for show?
“A further group of [26] projects must be implemented to a stage where each is visible,” this was Finance, Economic…
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