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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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Debt and you: Who is managing the other?
While conducting some training course last year in the outskirts of Lilongwe, I met a long-time colleague who began by…
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Poorest or numerical aspersion?
I guess we have had a couple of interesting stories this year. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita versus…
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When Malawians create ‘foreign’ jobs
Yet another gloomy headline on Malawi’s negative or skewed trade balance on the international stage graced the Business News pages…
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Manage your career – Part 2
Last week, we began to look at measures that you can take to manage your career. We argued that you…
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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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Our problems are bigger than Escom
When I was a student at Robert Blake Secondary School at Kongwe Mission in the latter half of the 1970s,…
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Restrictions imposed on researchers, Marriage Bill
On page 23 of Weekend Nation of February 14 2015, there is an advertisement by the director general of the…
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Waste management lessons from China
China is one of the countries in the world experiencing rapid economic growth. It has grown from being one of…
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Malawi a country at bay
Five hours before I started working on a script for this article, I was visited by a representative of one…
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On figures, don’t trust the DPP government
I shall return to Chitakale in Mulanje. Not because of its scenery; the burning heights of Mulanje Mountain standing silently…
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Loose ends that need tying
There are certain loose ends that I believe need to be tied. I do not know if I have to…
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Will Malawi develop?
Issues of development aren’t trivial for one not to meditate upon. For everyone whose sanity and intellect is in the…
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My take on APM’s remarks on the media
Honourable Folks, I’m compelled to respond to a by-the-way comment on media relations with government made by HE Prof Arthur…
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Introducing Interfaith International
Prayer-house (Malawi LTD) We are pleased to inform our friends, fiends, president, members of Parliament, councillors, churchgoers, mosque-goers, nyabinghi house…
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How charcoal tax will fund everyone
Monday, February 16 Life must be tough being a Malawian. It has to be. Monday was pretty depressing. Malawi is…
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‘Marriage Bill needs to go back to Parliament’
People’s Party (PP) Leader in Parliament, ULADI MUSSA (Salima South), made attempts to stop debate leading to the passage of…
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Nyika: Hard-to-reach paradise
Nyika is paradise. But it is far and the 120km road from Rumphi is bumpy. Our Mzuzu Bureau Supervisor JAMES…
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