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Numbering it up
This line is not new to you. Do not dare a cop if you have not mastered the fine print…
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Penal Code in local languages
Section 7 of the penal code states that ignorance of the law does not afford any excuse for any act…
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Elections left Synod in shame
I don’t know about you, but Blantyre Synod, to use the words of fallen Raw Staffer Edward Chitsulo, is…
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Managing difficult employees – Part 1
Last week, we concentrated on how you can manage top talent. But as you know it, the world will not…
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Balancing the kwacha exchange rate
Through the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of July 28 2015, authorities at the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) led…
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On the brink of a colony, Malawi in 2015?
Fifty one years after independence from Britain, Malawi is tethering on the brink of becoming a colony once again. This…
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Politics brought us here
If, as projected, the population of this country hits 30 million in 2030, we desperately need a fresh new way…
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Understanding rules of justice
When we discuss the doctrine known as Rule of Law as expounded by Dicey Dicey, we do not usually delve…
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Population problems
We have often read and heard of the miraculous economic transformations that have taken place in the Asian countries of…
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Mr President, you are losing public trust
I don’t know about you, but where I am standing I can evidently see how full President Peter Mutharika’s tray…
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Build proper office structures for public servants
Court Clerk: All rise! The court of his Lordship Judge Mbadwa is now in session. (The courtroom descends into…
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Talk to the nation Mr. President
As far as Malawi is concerned tobacco is the main forex earner. Experience had it that during the tobacco selling…
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Promote Malawian languages equally
Malawi does not have a clear language policy. This has resulted in government and institutions being insensitive to other languages…
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Faith without reason is disastrous
In recent weeks social media has been awash with stories of a South African pastor who fed live snakes to…
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You just don’t get it President Obama!
I listened intently President Barak Obama’s speech to the “African Union” on July 28 2015 in Addis Abeba (the spelling…
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Let us use the Internet for serious business
What drives the age we are in is information. Since the dawn of human civilisation, information has been the agent…
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Redefining income distribution
Biggie, I am a married mother of two—a lovely 10-year-old son and a seven-year-old daughter. I am married…
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The flies and the honey
A jar of honey was upset and the sticky sweetness flowed out on the table. The sweet smell of the…
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Of snakes and defamation
Hon. Folks, APM has pulled a first on two fronts in the past few weeks but I doubt his overtures…
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On the accountability of NGOs
The question of the accountability of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has a tendency to polarise opinion. NGOs demand others to be…
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