On The Frontline
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Until we become citizens
Not once, but twice, has Steve Nhlane, State House spokesperson, uttered words confirming that we, Malawians, are subjects not citizens…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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?…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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