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Subsidies as a job creation vehicle
Subsidies are not new in this country. They have existed for the last 50 years and have taken various forms.…
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Time to reflect on New Year goals
How time flies! We are in December, the 12th month in the calendar year. Not so long ago we…
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Leadership vacuum by Victor Cheng
Many people complain that they do not experience progress in their career. Victor Cheng writes about a smart tactic…
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Pension and saving culture on trial
It is said that Malawians lack a saving culture. Some save. Economists argue that one can think of saving…
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Beware of social media, road accidents
The social media thrills. Globally, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and other online platforms have become the common way of…
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What will jolt us into action?
We have a crisis. We have an energy crisis that has paralysed our economy which is already on life support…
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When chiefs disagree with everything
Dear judge Mbadwa, We chiefs, who form the native authority in Nyasaland, tired of defending this government on national television,…
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Malawi government needs genuine advisers
It is typical of any failed government in Africa not to accept blame for its failures. Instead, they blame their…
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Denial of undeniable facts
It is quite frightening how people dismiss scientific phenomena and continue to live as if such knowledge never existed or…
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Utopia leadership
Comrades, From inauguration day, the world will know there is a new way of doing things in this country. I…
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The Harare Spring?
This motion picture was so action-packed it kept the audience in the theatre on the edge of their seats. November…
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DPP with lots of skeletons in the closet
I have always known and regarded Democratic Progressive Party spokesperson Francis Kasaila as one of the very few people in…
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Chiefs are mercenaries for hire
Respecting elders is a tenet of Malawian culture supported by several passages in the Bible but there is one group…
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It’s not about PAC but democracy
Hon. Folks, electoral reforms are not about the Public Affairs Committee (PAC). They are a pledge by the Executive arm of…
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Malawi’s overbearing maize trap
You might think that Malawi’s dualistic agriculture sector—made up of two sub-sectors; namely smallholder and estates—is all about maize. You…
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House of political prostitutes
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance…
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A better life with or without money
The book The Last Lecture by Dr Randy Pausch’s is one useful piece you need to have on your book…
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Living positively with HIV
I am 22 years old and I am HIV positive. I was diagnosed with HIV in December 2008 when I was…
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Counting costs of electricity cuts
If you follow Malawians on the social media, it is apparent events in Zimbabwe generated a lot of interest. It…
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Plan your festive season spending
Today, we bid goodbye to the month of November 2017 and tomorrow we go into December—the last month of…
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