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Minister should give more information on mineral composition
The Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining Bright Msaka launched the much-anticipated high resolution airborne geophysical survey results…
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Escom needs to be serious about power energy
The current wave of disenchantment over Escom’s announcement that consumers should brace for more black outs is understandable. Escom…
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RBM asserting its authority
The decision by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) to intervene in the foreign exchange market is the best…
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Illegal immigrants deserve better treatment
Migration is a universal phenomenon. People leave their countries for other countries for various reasons. Poor political leadership is one…
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Promote Malawian languages equally
Malawi does not have a clear language policy. This has resulted in government and institutions being insensitive to other languages…
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Malawi govt lacks vision in transport sector
It was reported in one of the dailies that government has been taken by surprise by a proposal from the…
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Using technology to fight crime
The brazen robbery taking place in Malawi is worrying. Robbers are attacking at anytime, anywhere at will. Hardly a day…
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Nationalise MSB in future
Government has sold Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) under controversial circumstances. As MPs were busy discussing and passing a resolution not…
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Reduce interest rates to boost economy
A London-based financial trainer and investment adviser Paul Richards recently expressed shock over Malawi’s bank lending rates, saying they are…
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I won’t look the other way
Last week, as I walked from home to Ndirande Market, I was taken aback by the caustic remarks by a…
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Mutharika’s one-year challenges, prospects
May 2015 marks exactly one year since President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were ushered into office.…
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Columns
Ban Red Lions from Super League
The Minister of Youth Development and Sports Grace Chiumia is right when she says Red Lions Football Club deserve a…
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Can xenophobia be eradicated in SA?
The recent spate of xenophobic attacks—which have claimed seven lives, with scores injured and hundreds displaced—have severely damaged the brand…
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MPs playing rightful oversight role on MSB
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance Ron Chipiko and his team deserve a special pat on the…
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Govt failing KA people over Kayerekela
When the Americans dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 during the World War II, thousands…
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Telecom companies should lower tariffs
When Malawians complain about paying high telephone tariffs and point out that telecommunication companies are exploiting them, government and Macra…
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Reaffirming the role of parastatals
Statutory corporations have an important role to play in national development. They are organs governments use the world over to…
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MBC refuses to transform
One of the issues civil society organisations (CSOs) raised in their petition to President Peter Mutharika last week was the…
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MBC, private radios failing other languages
Media organisations and journalists are good at criticising others. However, they do not do an introspection to assess themselves. When…
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Will life improve under DPP in 2015?
In his Christmas festive message, President Peter Mutharika said his government will ensure a better and prosperous 2015 for Malawians.…
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