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Cashgate: Where are civil society, academia?
We promised to stay in Balaka until we at least met or saw and met Mireilla, that songstress whose dreams…
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Cashgate: Where was God?
We are back in Balaka. Our diary indicates that we will have to be here until when we meet Mirela,…
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Lecturer in street demonstrations
On our way back from Chipaika we passed by my former school, Nkhata Bay Secondary School, located on the western…
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Journalists, too, must declare their assets
Since we arrived in Balaka, we have had some very good time. The meals at Kozemberana Lodge are unbelievably delicious.…
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Civil service needs urgent overhaul
In Balaka we are because we had to. Balaka is to Malawi’s democracy what ‘Chilazulo’ and Nkhata Bay are to…
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Government owes Machinga people
Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC, has resigned as leader of our delegation. He made the announcement as we drank fantakoko at…
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Why low enrolment in Mangochi, Machinga?
The blackout took the management of Zimatherapano unawares. The manager came and apologised to us, his customers, for keeping us…
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Scrap Junior Certificate examinations
Our evening at Zimatherapano was disappointing. The Black Missionary School Band came in good time, arranged and tested the music…
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Soft on Chakwera, hard on Mutharika
Abiti Joyce Befu, also known as MG 66, decided to buy two skirts and an assortment of orange, blue, and…
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Kaunjika: Even used underwear?
We, meaning Native Authority Mandela, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66 and I, had to change our…
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What is the point?
Native Authority Mandela, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC, and I did not spend a lot of time at Chembe Village, also…
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Longing for Kamuzuism, hope and real change
When the Monkey Bay afternoon heat toned down, by Monkeybian standards, the Monkeybians started milling around the town centre and…
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No female presidential candidates in 2014?
Sheikh Jean-Philippe Sc, ‘Mandela’ and I spent more than two hours at the Moneky Bay filling station PTC shop, drinking fantakoko.…
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Welcome to Balamanja, Monkey Bay
Unlike some politicians, we deliver what we promise, almost always. Unlike some politicians when we fail to honour a promise,…
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Goodbye Karonga, Mangochi here we come
This is no pun. Believe it. Roselyn, Jean-Philippe, and I have been in a state of inebriation since last Thursday.…
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Why Atupele shakes Karonga
Thanks to the ingenuity of our resident guide, Roselyn Mwenelupembe, that indefatigable, ever smiling, and creative Karongian girl, we were…
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Why art thou so quiet, Macra?
Roselyn, Jean-Philippe and I attempted to drive to the Kayekera Uranium mine. We did not make it. For the first…
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Malawi needs shari’ah law
I have known Jean-Philippe since we met in Trocadero, Paris, France in 1995. But, I must confess, there is still…
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Malawi needs shari’ah law
I have known Jean-Philippe since we met in Trocadero, Paris, France in 1995. But, I must confess, there is still…
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