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Reduce, reuse, recycle
One practical way to control accumulation of unwanted waste is to observe the three golden Rs—reduce, reuse and recycle. It…
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Legends from the Easter story
This weekend is a very solemn one in the worldwide Christian community, as the faithful commemorate the passion, death and…
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How is your time keeping?
‘Time is money’, so goes the saying. In Malawi, we do not respect time as much as our friends in…
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Those who pursue knowledge will find it
There are numerous patterns in nature which man has continuously been trying to discover and exploit. Legend has it that…
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We must banish self-centredness
I was on the relatively magnificent (by Malawi standards) double lane Chipembere Highway, driving towards Blantyre when a vehicle cut…
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Fare ye well last man on the moon
I once asked a Graphics Media class at the Polytechnic if they knew what the unit sitting in the reception…
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Degree for secretary’s printer?
As technology is increasingly permeating every facet of society, you would think that the private sector would be all…
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Let other people blow your trumpet
Controversial reggae performer, the late Peter Tosh, once accepted an invitation by the Grenadian Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, to attend…
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We have strangled the goose
When I worked for Blantyre Print and Packaging in the 1980s, Lever Brothers (now Unilever) was our major client. We…
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Let’s support Malawi’s innovators
Asmelash Zeferu is an Ethiopian dude that needs no further introduction on this forum because he has been briefly…
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Travel light as you get into and through 2017
Last night was the end of one year and the beginning of another. The year 2016 is now gone. As…
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We need to seriously explore wind energy
The Dutch Reformed Church missionaries, who set up first at Mvera then Kongwe, Nkhoma, Mlanda, Malingunde, Chinthembwe and other places…
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In Malawi motorists are information starved
One day, as I was driving from Lilongwe to Blantyre, I decided to use the by-pass road. From Old Town,…
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We must engage in long-term planning
In our produce markets, Malawians sell all kinds of fruit. The availability of the various types of fruit goes according…
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The walls that separate us must fall
It is in human nature to erect boundaries around themselves and to regard those outside the boundaries as foreign, different…
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Ada DE entertained Malawi
The radio would blare out a cool mix of international and local tunes, interspaced with scintillating jokes every morning Monday…
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The once mighty Robert Blake
The Nkhoma Synod of the CCAP owes its origin to Reverends P. Vlock and A. Murrary who started missionary work…
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Strange things happening in our space environment
I went to primary school at William Murray Demonstration School at Nkhoma Mission. Then William Murrray was a Teacher Training…
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Add value, add value, and add value
“Good evening Madam, chocolate made in Ivory Coast, 200 francs,” calls out a vendor to a lady pedestrian, toting…
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Local production is probably the answer
I am writing this article with a heavy heart, having received news to the effect that a friend of mine…
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