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Beware of dogs
In Homer’s The Odyssey, Telemakhos is highly disturbed by the plunder being done to his father’s household by the gluttons…
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Skirting around issues in fraud fight
What’s in a forensic audit? This is the question I raised in a repeat publication of an article first published…
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Tips on being a good Boss – Part 2
Last week, we began discussing tips on how you can be regarded as a good boss. We are looking at…
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Remembering July 20, looking forward
Four years ago, on July 20, the civil society and concerned Malawians organised demonstrations as a way of expressing their…
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The art of knowing when to close the curtain
Literature and art, just like science, gives us a lot of inspired insights into the wisdom of a life worth…
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The trial of Nelson Mandela
The autobiography of Nelson Mandela, who is affectionately known as Madiba, is titled Long Walk to Freedom. This long walk…
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Inflation and interest rates
What is the main economic burden in Malawi today? The unemployed will say unemployment is the problem. But the media…
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Devil Street in Kachere?
Chief Kazingist cannot lie that he does not know places in Blantyre. He left his Zolozolo base more than two…
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Marketing Malawi wrongly
Whether it is by design or not, Malawi has not been a favourite destination for investors compared to other countries…
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What is your best thinking time?
I have two friends from Africa who once worked at a top electronic engineering company in the UK some 10…
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Using technology to fight crime
The brazen robbery taking place in Malawi is worrying. Robbers are attacking at anytime, anywhere at will. Hardly a day…
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Leave Dulani, Afrobarometer alone
In the ruckus of the 2014 tripartite elections, the research institution Afrobarometer delivered a message that ran counter to the…
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Respect other people’s professions
There is always a tendency among professionals to downplay the importance of professions outside their own. I once worked for…
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Preserving maize
The harvest of Maize—the grain that matter most in Malawi—is bad this year. The figures have seen some people harvesting…
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Go to see a urologist
Q: I recently read your book Sex for Dummies, and I found it very helpful and a very good…
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Paying public servants on 42nd day of month is gross negligence
Court Clerk: All rise! It is honourable justice Mbadwa presiding. You might be public servants of all manner, but we…
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How do we reclaim Blantyre?
I was born in Blantyre. I stay in Blantyre. I have stayed for most of my life in Blantyre. I…
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We are wasting China’s current goodwill
I don’t know about you, but I feel Malawi is failing to put China’s current goodwill to good use. One…
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In love with a man I haven’t met
Big Man Wamkulu, I am in love with a person woti sitinakumanepo, timayakhulana (we have never met in person, we…
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A bundle of sticks
Once an old man was very ill and lay dying in his bed. He had four sons who were always…
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