RBM asserting its authority
The decision by the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) to intervene in the foreign exchange market is the best...
Lowani Mtonga
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...
Promote Malawian languages equally
Malawi does not have a clear language policy. This has resulted in government and institutions being insensitive to other languages...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MBC refuses to transform
One of the issues civil society organisations (CSOs) raised in their petition to President Peter Mutharika last week was the...
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...
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....
Pump water from Lake Malawi
One of the issues President Peter Mutharika raised in his State of the Nation Address last week was to assure...
Malawi needs stable currency
The widespread strikes to demand high salaries by workers in different sectors of the economy were expected. The depreciation of...
Why gifts threaten journalism
Two weeks ago, the nation woke up to the news that journalists had been given K50 000 for attending a...
