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Not betting on Chakwera’s sincerity
Martyrs’ Day was an annual diet of solemnity, tears and suffering during Malawi Congress Party’s 30 year regime. It was…
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‘Rhino population is under threat’
Malawi is one of the countries with some of the finest tourist attraction centres in Africa. At the centre of…
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Easing self-boarding woes
As the woes that characterise life for secondary students who rent premises near their schools continue, schools, communities, the civil…
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Why separate holidays for Chilembwe and Martyrs?
Honourable Folks, a younger friend asked me on Wednesday why we commemorate Martyr’s Day on 3rd March and Chilembwe Day…
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Bibi’s 15 minutes of fame are up
He has an impressive resume. That, you cannot take away from Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu. A graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts…
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Wales: Land of the Red Dragon
Fans of J.K. Rowling will remember that a Common Welsh Dragon featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the…
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Is public debt an issue?
We all have run into debt at some stage in our lives for different reasons. Financial planners usually tell us…
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Demystifying levies, fuel price build-up
There is more to the local fuel pump prices than meets the eye. Built in the pump price are levies…
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Boost your networking quotient (NQ)
The last two weeks, we have been discussing measures that you can take to manage your career. One of the…
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The re-awakening from slumber of insanity
There has always been a saying of wisdom that goes like “what does not kill you makes you stronger”. There…
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Surnames of married women
I read in the press that female members of Parliament (MPs)recently demanded that upon marriage women should have the option…
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Banks that do not tick
I stay in Blantyre. So, it happens that most of the banks I go to lend money are in Blantyre.…
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Foreign Direct Investment in China
I read in a press statement recently attributed to an NGO spokesperson that Malawi is poor because a few people…
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My daughter will not marry at 18
The coincidence must have been planned by the Malawi angel of goodwill. Some unknown website, quoting World Bank 2013 figures,…
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Telecom companies should lower tariffs
When Malawians complain about paying high telephone tariffs and point out that telecommunication companies are exploiting them, government and Macra…
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Irony of gender equality
I was left mildly unimpressed on Thursday, February 26, as President Peter Mutharika launched the #HeForSheCampaign which calls for solidarity…
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Self-boarding woes continue, defying govt ban
Last year, the Ministry of Education issued a circular condemning self-boarding in community day secondary schools. Weekend Investigate finds out,…
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We are in Kasungu, join us
We are in Kasungu. In case you forgot, Kasungu is the home Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Malawi’s founding president, the…
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‘MPs have to abide by our ideals’
Recently, the United Democratic Front secretariat wrote the Speaker of Parliament to relocate its MPs to the government side. In…
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Why do we like finding excuses for our failures?
Why do we always want to find excuses for our failures? We can’t fund hospitals, schools and infrastructure projects—we blame…
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