Until we become citizens
Not once, but twice, has Steve Nhlane, State House spokesperson, uttered words confirming that we, Malawians, are subjects not citizens...
On The Frontline
University students, where is your voice?
University students, especially those at Chancellor College and The Polytechnic, are always in the news. Of course, that is not...
No wonder we are laggards
In August this year, I read an article in US Time magazine about the bustling rise of Rwanda. Of course,...
If we are not angry now, when will we?
I am seeing an important silver lining in the cashgate scandal. Just observing how the government—add the opposition—has handled the...
Bad leaders must be Egyptised
Some people, and they are many, have faulted Egyptians for ousting the democratically elected president, Muhammad Morsi. A democratically elected...
Hellooo, civil society! Are you there?
Donors’ resolve to halt budgetary support isn’t necessarily a direct response to the looting at Capital Hill. If the act...
It is time for the ‘middle-class’ to revolt!
Why, if I may ask, was the wealth which Dr Kamuzu Banda primitively accumulated when he ruled turned into a...
How JB can rewrite the book
I get surprised when our presidents appear troubled with leading a warm nation that is Malawi. I think it all...
The Mphwiyo truth, like pregnancy, shall come out
Biology can sometimes provide the best answers to social and political questions that beset humanity. Just consider how interrelated pregnancy...
There is a ‘Bingu’ in Joyce Banda
There is a ‘Bingu’ in President Joyce Banda. Almost all the finest words calling Mrs Banda to publicise her declared...
Can’t other PROs emulate Henry Chimbali?
Journalism can be evil, sometimes. With its philosophy of ‘bad news is good news’, it is quite easy—especially if you...
CSOs, where are you on JB’s assets?
The increased public outcry for Parliament to divulge details of Mrs. Joyce Banda’s declared assets is a critical national priority,...
Of heroes that retire without a name
Today, I am celebrating the great life of national service, my father who, at 60, and after 36 years of...
Tembo is a political suicide bomber
I know that even John Tembo himself surely understands that he cannot win the presidency. Do I have a reason?...
Not this time, Mr. Chimunthu Banda
Had it been that Speaker of Parliament Mr. Chimunthu Banda was man of honesty, a servant of the people and...
Is DPP turning into a hollow party!
We are the hollow men. We are the stuffed men. These lines from T.S Elliot’s 1925 poem The Hollow Men...
Bad leaders must be Egyptised
Some people, and they are many, have faulted Egyptians for ousting the democratically elected president, Muhammad Morsi. A democratically elected...
Why I am bitter with MCP
During the eight years he was Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took a belligerent public stance to the world, and thus...
It’s us who are stupid!
Our leaders are always failing Malawi. That is the impression you get whenever you get close to public political discourse....
Mr Kapito, price reduction is unarguable
John Kapito drove me from Capital Hotel in Lilongwe to our offices somewhere along Chilambula road early last year. We...
