The foreign aid trap, other issues
E xternal aid has become a huge industry and if recipients are not careful, they often get trapped in meaningless...
The foreign aid trap, other issues
External aid has become a huge industry and if recipients are not careful, they often get trapped in meaningless...
Angola could partially list oil company Sonangol
Inequalities and the urban peripheral land grabs “Ignorance is the root and stem of all evil” Plato To produce something,...
The ‘Mbungulu’ paradox
It is a mythical folktale in the Ngonde Kingdom that has baffled me for years. Despite living among them,...
A close eye over deprivation
Like all of us, a decent life is what we all want. Deprivation or poverty is not a good thing...
Subsidies as a job creation vehicle
Subsidies are not new in this country. They have existed for the last 50 years and have taken various forms....
NfYD holds youth camp in Nkhata Bay
Network for Youth Development (NfYD) has bemoaned a widespread leadership crisis, saying no sector is spared. NfYD executive director Gift...
APM under fire
President Peter Mutharika has come under fire for declaring that only areas with governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators...
Insights into Islamic banking
Islamic banking is gaining ground and it appears Malawi is not spared either. Some international financial institutions have been making...
The art of conservation
A three-by-one-foot board dexterously carved to show several activities in a typical Malawian village was one marvel to behold when we...
Car hire firm pledges more support to Fun Run
One of the country’s car hire firms, Avis, has pledged to continue partnering Nation Publications Limited (NPL) in the...
Eidhammer launches a book apart
He flew in, represented his country for almost a decade and wrote with rare veracity about the host nation...
Court dismisses State in Murekezi case
The High Court in Lilongwe on Wednesday dismissed an application by the State to discharge the defence’s request for a...
LL deputy mayor dumps DPP
Opposition Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) campaign ahead of the October 17 by-elections got a boost yesterday after Lilongwe City...
Chakwera faults first-part -the post electoral system
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera yesterday reiterated his support for the 50+1 electoral system, arguing that the present...
Assets office, FIA sign agreement
The Office of the Director of Public Officers’ Declarations and the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) have agreed to share...
Minister dials up Tonga heritage
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has backed the formation of ethnic cultural associations, saying they...
DPP MP wants more action on corruption
Zomba Thondwe member of Parliament (MP) Charles Tikhiwa (Democratic Progressive Party-DPP) has proposed that civil society organisations (CSOs) should be...
Activists caution govt on health budget
Health rights activists have warned that the country’s health sector is at risk of collapsing unless government puts in place...
Funds constraints affect public assets office
The Directorate of Public Officers Declaration of Assets, Liabilities and Business Interests has disclosed that it will be seeking more...
