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Umunthu is a dead philosophy
Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoison, SC (RTD), Mzee Native Authority Mandela, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66 and I, the Mohashoi, are in…
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Crocodile, hyena and fish eagle
A very long time ago, before the Lhomwe, Yao, Tonga, Ngoni, Mang’anja, Sena, Senga, Ngonde, Sukwa, Tumbuka, Khobwe, Chewa, Sisya,…
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Competition and Fair Trading Commission: Already dead?
We spent last Thursday afternoon in Cashgate City’s Area 44, popularly known as Kauma, where we went to conduct some…
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Chakwera, come down immediately
President Bakili Muluzi used to joke seriously that Malawians excel at forgetting. He was not wrong. Many people, including the…
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Who regulates advertisements?
We are in Blantyre, probably the cleanest but poorest city in Malawi and, of course, the slowest city in the…
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A Cashgate beneficiary testifies
Because of the cold weather that has pervaded Cashgate City, which has been our operations launch pad for all our…
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Before Edward Chitsulo died on that Sunday, March 15, 2015, he had instructed us to publish some of his…
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Competition and Fair Trading Commission: Already dead?
We spent last Thursday afternoon in Cashgate City’s Area 44, popularly known as Kauma, where we went to conduct…
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Celebrating the two Ngwazis
Since it came back from the garage, the VW Amailoko has behaved efficiently and reliably. Had it misbehaved we would…
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10 top heroes (Part II)
Last week we — Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (retired), Native Authority Mandela, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, and I —…
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10 modern heroes (Part I)
We are here in Lilongwe, the Capital City, the commercial city, and the seat of the Government of the Federal…
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For Goodall Gondwe and Desmond Tutu
We, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (retired), Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, leader of delegation and expedition, Native Authority Mandela, and…
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For Goodall Gondwe and Desmond Tutu
We, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (retired), Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, leader of delegation and expedition, Native Authority Mandela, and…
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MCP holds future for Malawi
We left Kasungu two days ago and we are now here in Mchinji for a brief but serious one-day official…
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Which DD Phiri?
Desmond Dudwa Phiri, known more among Malawians as DD Phiri, is an interesting and controversial man. He is interesting and…
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Lesson number 3:
Everything has a shelf life We are back in Kasungu and at the Inn the great Ngwazi bequeathed to us.…
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Lessons from Edward Chitsulo’s short life
Edward Henderson Chitsulo, aka Moya KL Mphwanye, SP, OSP, OLT, was different things to different people. As we heard during…
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Britain bribed Malawi over 1959 martyrs: Really?
We spent the past six days doing what all normal Malawians in this great federal republic do. We worked in…
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Akamwini’s cry: Why invest in vanity?
We, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (retired from retirement), Abiti Joyce Befu (MG 66), Native Authority Mandela, Innocett Mawayawaya, and I,…
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We are in Kasungu, join us
We are in Kasungu. In case you forgot, Kasungu is the home Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Malawi’s founding president, the…
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