Take what Joyce Banda says with caution
As of Wednesday, Covid-19 cases were at 455. Four people have died and over 60 have recovered. However, to former...
Feedback: Politicians will not change MBC
Last week, an avid reader of this column weighed in on the debate on the role of taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting...
Politicians will not change MBC
This week, I received some views on the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) scandal last week. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster aired comments...
Corrupt officials weaken State institutions
Africa doesn’t need strongmen; it needs strong institutions, former US president Barack Obama said during his visit to Ghana in...
Chakwera spoke well, but will he walk the talk?
Former preacher, Lazarus Chakwera became the first person in the history of this country to present nomination papers for presidential...
Botomani, Jappie giving Malawi a bad name
Mark Botomani, the commissar of enlightenment, should be ashamed. This man has been lying through the teeth to Malawians for...
MEC lacks legitimacy, but it’s wheels must keep turning
T he Malawi Electoral Commission’s (MEC) announcement on Monday in which it announced the launch of the fresh presidential election...
Activism in Malawi
This week, the arrest of human rights defenders, Gift Trapence and Reverend MacDonald Sembereka has dominated the news. That is...
Government and governance
L ast week’s entry on the abuse of power by MPs at local government level attracted a lot of feedback....
MPs should not be near any council coffers
Minister of Local Government, Ben Phiri this week angered fellow Members of Parliament (MPs), when he blamed them for being...
Malawi set to make progress in 2020—APM
President Peter Mutharika has said in his New Year's message Malawi is set to make progress this year after his...
ECA pledges support to strengthen African govts capacities
The Economic Commission for Africa has said it will continue to work hard to support governments on the continent in...
Who will guard the guards?
The brutal rape of women at Nsundwe in Lilongwe by police officers is nothing new. It is the scale of...
Stop rewarding mediocrity
The award season is upon us. Some people and institutions have already bagged one or two awards. Some have paid...
Effective land governance critical for Africa’s development
Malawi’s land reforms have been hailed for recognising the role and rights of traditional leaders, women and youth in land...
‘Finance mobilisation for conservation is a challenge’
Last month, it came to light that some government officials in the Ministry of Lands had sold public school land...
Honeymoon is over for Chimulirenji
In June this year, Vice-President Everton Chimulirenji worshiped at Living Word Evangelistic Church (Liwec) at Shalom Mount Valley in Machinga....
Riots, protests are they a global trend?
Carlos Lopes, the former United Nations Economic Commission executive secretary tweeted this week about the growing unrest in the world....
K18 billion for relief maize?
The last time Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wanted to fund its cadres, was through procurement of maize. What the DPP...
Say no to FAM capture
Walter Nyamilandu, on Tuesday said the obvious that he will contest the FAM presidency. He thinks that not being president,...
