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Are you living in this country or on Mars?
As individuals, we think differently. We have different life experiences, we are different ages and we have different genetic compositions.…
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Am I joining politics?
Sometime in the last week of December 2016, I met a friend who I had not seen for a long…
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Things I wish were changed
I don’t know why, but I believe this year, compared to many other previous years, I have heard fewer…
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Ndirande has two judges, Mr President
I am pleased to have learned that the State President appointed Nyakwawa Usiwausiwa as judge of the High…
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Saddened by death of Theresa Senzani
I was saddened by the death of Theresa Senzani. I was saddened mainly for four reasons. The first was…
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Is there a Lhomwe belt?
Each time the President has made appointments of people to fill government positions, there is the scrutiny that follows…
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How much do you know about your country?
This article is motivated by the fact that people who were born on or after May 17 1994 are not…
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To pay or not to pay for health services
In 2001, I wrote a small article on page 57 of the journal called Development Bulletin, published by the Australian…
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It’s okay Dr Chaponda,
The Honourable Dr George Chaponda, Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly is a soft spot for me. I…
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Don’t be a water hog
One of the statements that I have heard when I lived elsewhere was that you should not be ‘a water…
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What to do with Cashgate buses?
Now that the High Court Judge who is hearing the case in which ‘Cashgate buses’ were involved has granted…
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The exciting part of multi-party democracy
When the old Malawi Congress Party (MCP) warned us all that matipate n’chisokoneze (plural politics is confusion), many of us…
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Dealing with treason once and for all
Although our country re-embraced plural politics, there seems to be rudiments of dictatorship and totalitarianism. Yes, the opposition political parties…
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So the President resigns? What next
Ladies and gentlemen, I had not been thinking well lately. The group of politicians, civil society proper and politicians…
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There is nothing we can do?
Anyone who becomes the President of the Republic of Malawi ought to know that she or he stands a grave…
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Africa cannot afford a Zika outbreak
If the latest mosquito-borne Zika virus breaks out in Africa the continent would be less prepared than any other…
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Some areas of reform?
The inspiration for this article came in the afternoon of January 28 2016. I was coming from my workplace…
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Is there no ‘sting’ in our police vocabulary?
I will be minimising the whole thing if I said I was mortified when I read newspaper articles that our…
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Talking to the President of Malawi
I had the time and opportunity to watch and listen to MBC TV’s “Talk to the President” programme on Sunday…
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You can’t blame Goodall Gondwe
Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe says that while the economy will get worse, Malawians should be hopeful and look forward…
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