Word on the street
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Of buying youths beer, electoral coup and vote rigging
When the Vice-President spoke about the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) alleged plans to rig next year’s elections, many of…
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Malawi story can join Rwanda’s with good leadership
The smoke is finally in the air. The battle for supremacy ahead of the 2019 Tripartite Elections has begun and…
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Scepticism, reason for voter registration apathy
There has been much talk of the problem of voter registration apathy in the districts where the first phase of…
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Govt response to April 27 petition, a learning point
For those who read the newspapers on Monday can agree with us in the streets that we were all wearing…
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Early elections not solution to corruption scourge
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader, Lazarus Chakwera, on Monday called for the resignation of President Peter Mutharika and pressed for…
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No room for political violence, police brutality
Journalism is not a crime, so is supporting a political movement. But in the eyes of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)…
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Corruption has poisoned our traditional leaders
Someone better stop Ngoni chiefs in their tracks before they poison our children and the entire nation with their hate…
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Of chaotic activism and change
This week, we on the streets spent some hours in the library and stuck on our eyes was one file…
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Malawians are not daft, Mr. Vice President
My Kenyan friend Fidel insists that Malawians are daft people. He always mentions what JB did to Malawians as a…
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Seeking favours: The last nail on pro-Chilima campaign
For the past five or so weeks, we on the streets have grappled to understand the roots of the Pro-Chilima…
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Challenges remain in natural resources governance
We on the streets this week have lent our ears to our brothers on the continent. We are told that…
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JB should shut up
In August 2015, a survey found that over 40 percent of Malawians believe former president Joyce Banda was responsible for…
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DPP NGC, stop playing down dissenting views
As I join you on the street this weekend, I am dismayed by the ever increasing stubbornness amongst some senior…
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Five things we can learn from ‘Hurricane Callista’
As the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is assessing the ‘damage’ and possibly recovering from last week’s ‘Hurricane Callista’, we…
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What’s wrong with our banks?
Tuesday will go down as one of the worst days for the average banker. Most of the commercial banks in…
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PAC, CSO split should worry us all
The civil society organisation (CSO) movement in the country is dying a slow death and it is time, all right-thinking…
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Cotton industry revival opportunity missed?
Benjamin Button, a movie character played by Brad Pitt, said that “Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones…
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Spare Malawians trash music
I am not a huge fan of Malawian music. There are songs I like, tunes or melodies I may find…
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Populist promises won’t take us out of poverty
President Peter Mutharika is good at making promises; empty promises. After failing for the past three years to develop the…
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RBM should name, shame non-remitters of pension funds
“The issue of non-remittance of pension is very challenging,” my Kenyan friend Fidel confessed this week after reports emerged that…
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