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Self discipline is key to success
Many people want to achieve a lot but very few are prepared to travel on the long journey to success.…
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Right economic system and right operators
A little over 50 years ago, the British colonial office was told by an economist who had visited Nyasaland (Malawi)…
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Govt not serious on Dzalanyama
Fellow Malawians, Dzalanyama Forest Reserve has been poisoned and it is dying. Experts—judging at the rate of how trees are…
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Solving disagreements through a vote?
I spent close to 10 years living in Chilinde Township in Lilongwe. That period was memorable and I will refer…
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Folly doesn’t take away one’s right to privacy
Once again, a private matter concerning two adults found its way into the public arena this week. This time around,…
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Reflection on police independent commission
Last week, Inspector General (IG) of Police Loti Dzonzi announced during a consultative meeting that the Malawi Police Service (MPS)…
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We can be a little serious with rapid afforestation
Before our very eyes, we are watching Viphya Plantations, popularly known as Chikangawa, being wiped off the face of Malawi—literally.…
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Questions and more questions on Cashgate
Honourable Folks, when Cashgate was exposed following the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo on September 13, 2013, government…
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Need we another tourism development strategy?
We are here in Balaka again. The last time we were here we vowed to meet and unearth Milera Nkhoma…
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‘A suspect is innocent until proven guilty’
Murder cases are piling up and the number of suspects awaiting trial is at 849 nationwide. The Judiciary is finding…
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Do you really need that expensive baby cot?
The other day, while waiting for my turn on an Auto-Teller machine, I overheard a very interesting conversation. Two women…
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Overcoming myths about mosquito nets
The Shire Valley has always been infested with mosquitoes so much so that malaria cases became a norm other than…
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Teach others so you can advance
Many people acquire competences, practice for some time and then consider themselves great experts. But real big experts achieve expertise,…
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Try community science labs
Government has decided to halt the implementation of the science curriculum which was supposed to roll out in the 2014/2015…
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A unitary state for all Malawians (I)
When I read in newspapers that the people of Scotland would in September 2014 vote on whether Scotland should continue…
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Voices from slums
For the first time ever, in October 2014, two important milestones of the UN urban calendar coincide in the same…
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Government policy on wages and salaries
During the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, political parties tried to win civil servants’ votes by promising to raise their…
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Where is the ACB on Muluzi?
The revelation that the Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB) has returned 63 vehicles it confiscated from president Muluzi, suspected to have been bought…
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Bank customers deserve better
I look forward to a time when customer care service in the country’s banks will not be limited to polite…
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Have you ever thought about this?
I was at a meeting where university dons discussed how to improve university education in this country. There is a…
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