Off the Shelf
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Chilima’s loudest statement is what he did not say
It had been a long wait. But finally Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC) had to break the ice. And when…
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A national budget is a promise
Since Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe presented the 2018/19 financial blue print, newspapers and several other media platforms have described it…
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A national budget is a promise
Since Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe presented the 2018/19 financial blue print, newspapers and several other media platforms have described it…
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The syndrome killing Malawi’s political parties
We have always criticised political party founders for personalising political parties they founded. We have said that when you found…
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Malawians are watching
When there were squabbles in the country’s oldest party, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), many blamed them on its leader—Lazarus…
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Go for it SKC, go
It looks like the question of who should receive the petition from civil society organisations (CSOs) against government’s impunity…
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A sanctuary for suspects, lawbreakers
There has been much talk about the K4 billion Gondwe-Nakhumwa selected Constituency Development Fund (CDF) projects. The money was initially…
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Change work ethic, reward diligence, hard work
There is bad news for the youth of this country. More so for those who are waiting to graduate…
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Will any political party phase out Fisp?
As long as government maintains the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), we should forget that farmers will ever take…
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I like the vigilance of people among the Lhomwe Belt
Yes, you heard me right, just that. Of course, yes; minus the violence. What I like most about people of…
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Why some Malawians loathe paying taxes
The behaviour of the people manning the public purse does not inspire confidence to taxpayers. It is the reason some…
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Why some Malawians loathe paying taxes
The behaviour of the people manning the public purse does not inspire confidence to taxpayers. It is the reason some…
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Are the Shylocks out to skin us alive?
That the commissioning of the 55 megwatts (MW) generators on January 31 2018 would increase power tariff by 24.67 percent…
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The full story about the prolonged dry spell
There is ample reason for Malawians to fear for the worst. Hunger due to a prolonged dry spell and fall…
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Msowoya et al should rethink strategy
The media’s keen interest in intra-party democracy is predicated on the premise that parties that are undemocratic cannot be expected…
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Chickens have come home to roost
On June 21 2012, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors voted to lift suspension of the…
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Does MEC have Plan B if…?
It is great to have stepped into 2018. For the majority of Malawians that are politically aware, 2018 is a…
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Goodbye 2017; welcome 2018
Once again we are at that time of the year when we usually take stock of the year gone by…
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A happy Christmas to you all
I start this last but one entry into 2017 on a very personal note. I want to say a few…
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Parliament should reject altered bills
It is clear this government is not comfortable with all the six Electoral Reform Bills. That is why it has…
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