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A jealous spouse and finances
Don’t get me wrong friends. To be jealous is human nature and for couples especially, it is in all fairness…
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Things falling apart for Peter Mutharika
It has only been six months and the Peter Mutharika presidency appears to be heading south already—before it has even…
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We are all guilty of Cashgate
While financial forensic experts, anti-corruption officers and the police are busy hunting down Cashgate suspects, leaving most of us observing…
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Saving corruption fighters
Some years ago, some politician made headlines claiming we are all corrupt in this country. We also decided to establish…
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Masm stepping out of mandate
Medical Aid Society of Malawi (Masm), the country’s dominant provider of health insurance, is one of the household names or…
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Effective approaches to delegation
Delegation is a powerful practice once it is well embedded in day-to-day business operations. At the same time, delegation is…
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Light a candle, then back to work
For me, World Aids Day has become a day of quiet reflection and sweet remembrance. I have been working on…
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Grabbing the beast by its horns
This conversation reminds me of a saying I once heard, “A man (person) has to do what a man has…
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About Mawu and its members
Before putting pen to paper on the topic to be discussed below, I had to ask myself whether this page…
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Reflecting on World Aids Day
December 1t is World Aids Day, an international day of reflection, when we celebrate those who are living positively with…
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World AIDS Day Op-ed
For me, World AIDS Day has become a day of quiet reflection and sweet remembrance. I have been working on…
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Business and government industrialisation
We hear now and again that Africans do not benefit much from exports of primary products because they are mere…
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Arrest me, IG
The unveiling of police Inspector General (IG) designate (pending parliamentary vetting) Paul Kanyama was in some ways hilarious. President Peter…
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Wife battering thrives in silence
The other day, I learnt of a wife beating incident that left me confused and worried about the safety of…
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Mutharika’s directive to police is insensitive
Everyone knows the wave of crime in Malawi has reached intolerable levels. And there’s need to bring it down. However,…
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New curriculum: another education disaster
Sometime early 2000, government, through the Ministry of Education, destroyed the steam of the content-rich Physical Science by introducing a…
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Lutepo is cracking up
Imagine yourself to be Oswald Lutepo living in a poor African country called Malawi. You are accused of a myriad…
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Guest spot: PAC wants cohesion on federalism
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC), an inter-faith democracy watchdog, organised a two-day national stakeholder’s forum on inclusivity and federalism at…
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Living like you were dying this year
At the start of this month, my mother (amama) and mother-in-law (ama) were both home. It was perhaps one of…
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Does PAC need to ‘sit down properly’before facilitating debate?
The hype was feverish. The build up was intense. The expectations were set very high. But the conference’s contextual framework…
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