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Investment tips in the New Year
It is four days into the New Year 2018. Today, I rerun, albeit with some modifications, an article I did…
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Hubby is neglecting me
Dear BMW, First let me confess that although ndine mayi wa Mvano (a member of the women’s guild), I enjoy…
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Malawi laws are now personalised
Malawi, as a country, is guided by laws which make up the Malawi Constitution, which is popularly known as the…
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For Colless Phangula
Goodbye 2017 and all your troubles, and problems. Welcome 2018 and hoping that this is the year that, as a…
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Friends like these…
2018—the penultimate year of the electoral circle—is almost here. Politically, it promises to be a gruesome, but quite interesting year.…
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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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2018 will make or break DPP
In 2017, the nation has learnt that opposition political parties such as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and People’s Party (PP)…
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Of 25-hour load-shedding and 2017 realities
Hon. Folks, 25-hour electricity load-shedding is a new reality that made 2017 conspicuous. It has never been this bad in…
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Of the year gone by and hope in 2018
As we come to the end of the year 2017, let’s reflect and take stock. First is the good news…
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‘Govt is suppressing civil society’s space’
The Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition last week decried threats from the government machinery to silence voices geared at holding…
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The religion of nsima
Relatives from the village visit a brother or sister in town. The town dweller has ‘strange’ eating habits. Tiyi n’buredi…
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APM’s delusions of grandeur
The speculations of the reasons behind the government shooting down its own bills in the last days of the Parliament…
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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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50+1 may come back with a bang!
Hon Folks, just two days to Christmas and nine days to another brand New Year, hooray! Let’s thank God for…
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Kabambe’s Christmas gift and its potential perils
December is not known for good economic news in Malawi. In this month—part of the so-called lean period that starts…
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Consolidating the fight against gender violence
Recently, Pan African Civic Educators Network (Pacenet), a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose main goal is to promote the participation…
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Fare thee well LDF
We on the streets have received the news that the Local Development Fund (LDF) will be disbanded with absolute joy.…
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Houdini-sque electoral reforms
What is happening in relation to the proposed electoral law reforms is fast becoming a charade, something like a Harry…
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DPP has played Malawians big time
As I was making this entry, Parliment was expected to rise yesterday. The meeting was as good a time as…
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Adulterated 50+1 Bill for the trashcan!
Hon Folks, there’s only one place for the adulterated 50+1 Bill—the trashcan. MPs know where the trashcan is since it’s…
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