Off the Shelf
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Cry for Mzimba Perekezi on AIP
Today allow me to speak on behalf people who have missed this year’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) train in my…
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Chizuma: Most torrid time at ACB
This week, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has been celebrating its silver jubilee. Here we argue that the term of office…
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On reversing Bingu’s visionary ideas
Former president Bingu wa Mutharika must be rolling around in his Mpumulo wa Bata at Ndata in Thyolo following his…
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APM fighting dead brother
Former president the late Bingu wa Mutharika must be rolling around in his Mpumulo wa Bata at Ndata in Thyolo…
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About APM’s no-show at JZU’s funeral
What did Nicholous Dausi, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson, say at the funeral of John Zenus Ungapake Tembo on…
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Bodyguards for DCs is a bad joke
There is a joke—hopefully it ends as such—that government is planning to provide security detail to local officials such as…
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Kalindo riding on 2025 campaign wave
It is no longer a secret that politician-cum-comedian Bon Kalindo is not someone to be trusted or taken seriously. Once…
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On Mombera fraud ACB has the simplest of jobs
Interesting things have always been happening about the Mombera University whose name has now changed to Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa…
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Street kids indeed a menace but more to it
This week, I sit back to allow two followers of Off the Shelf, Mwangi Mwamkenenge Musukwa and Reagan Kaluluma, to…
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Police, street kids and crime
Streets kids have become a real menace in Blantyre’s central business district (CBD) and residential areas. They have been unleashing…
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Pension for MPs is self-serving, shamelessness
It has been a bad week for the forex, fuel and cement, et cetera-starved Malawi, on the back of a…
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Of the Likaomba Otherathu syndrome
This week, some of the countr y’s pub l i c universities announced fees adjustments for generic undergraduates and mature…
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The cliché: power corrupts
‘In the context of servant leadership, we believe the Lazarus Chakwera State House must show that it is leading by…
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Why the hullaballoo, about same-sex relations
You may be wondering why the hullaballoo about same-sex relations now. Indeed, why the country’s biggest faith groups across the…
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How incumbency is abused in Malawi
There is no doubt that it is highly rewarding to be a ruling party in Malawi. Bakili Muluzi, the first…
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Benefits of being a governing party in Malawi
There is no doubt that it is highly rewarding to be a ruling party in Malawi. Bakili Muluzi, the first…
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When sugar loses its sweetness
On the matter of Illovo Sugar Malawi plc crying wolf over government’s issuance of two sugar import licenses, I submit…
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Graft fight in 30 years of multiparty dispensation
Governance and accountability institutions such as the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the Financial Intelligence Authority, the Ombudsman, the Malawi Human Rights…
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ED was in Malawi not on holiday
Historically, Malawi has economically benefited more from Zimbabwe than vice-versa. The trend is likely to remain so for the unforeseeable…
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Only in Nyasaland do refugees stay like citizens
Some 8 000 refugees are living in rural and urban locations of Malawi, according to the United Nations High Commissioner…
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