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Be happy at work
By standard, we spend around eight hours at work every day from Monday to Friday. In practice, many people…
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Men’s side of GBV
Since the restoration of democracy in 1994, gender activists in Malawi have vigorously fought the use of violence against…
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Problems about surplus graduates
Let us begin with anecdotes. A humble looking businessperson called at a bank to open an account. In his…
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What should I look for in a man?
Dear BWM I have so many questions for you. I am a 23-year-old confused young woman who is trying to…
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Miscarriage of justice
“Justice? You get justice in the next world, in this world, you have the law,” William Gaddis, A Fluoric of…
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There’s a cholera crisis
We have a cholera outbreak crisis in the country. The number of cases and deaths from cholera keeps on rising.…
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Let them celebrate movement on corruption index
Dearest Judge Mbadwa, You have probably heard that Mapuya has been very busy lately; shuttling between markets and forests breaking…
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President Peter Mutharika once said his government is a political government. One might say there is nothing wrong with such…
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In denial of rampant corruption?
Hon. Folks, the comparison of Reaganomics to “Tchopanomics” and the use of the expression “It’s Tchopanomics, stupid”, a derivative of…
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On life-long pension for former Speakers
It was honourable that government directed that one of its fallen sons—Sam Mpasu—who passed on last week be accorded a…
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Was all that pomp for show?
“A further group of [26] projects must be implemented to a stage where each is visible,” this was Finance, Economic…
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2019 will just be another election
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) launched the calendar for the 2019 Tripartite Elections this week with outstanding issues that will…
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‘Let’s be bold in fighting corruption’
After 12 months at the helm, Khumbo Soko leaves office this month-end as Malawi Law Society president. The 32-year-old became…
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Welcome to Tongole, welcome to the Big Four
Until yesterday morning, we waited for news that Vice-President Saulos Claus Chilima would visit Nkhata Bay and inspect that infamous…
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Populist promises won’t take us out of poverty
President Peter Mutharika is good at making promises; empty promises. After failing for the past three years to develop the…
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MCP’s embarrassing factionalism
T he internal squabbles currently taking place in the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are at once an indication that the…
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The reality of climate change
Often we do hear the climate change advocates go about their jobs. Others are attending conferences all over the world.…
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Sex for fish kills softly
Mangochi District holds a special place in my heart. I came here aged one but now in my late 20s,…
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Why SIM registration suspension doesn’t make sense
I am yet to get convinced on the justification for the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology to suspend the…
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Less work equals more irrelevance
I wonder when I hear someone complain that he has too much work. Of course, in some cases it is really…
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