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On glorifying poverty in Malawi
Recently President Peter Mutharika was in Egypt at Sharm el-Sheik attending a meeting on Tripartite Free Trade Area. While there,…
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Stop asking, start doing it
In May this year I attended a women leadership training that focused on personal and professional rebranding which was organised…
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We need a transformation in civil service
I have been pleasantly surprised to learn that there are a number of people who are deeply concerned about the…
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It is all about donor fatigue
Dear Biggie, I have been dating this wonderful young man for five years. I may be employed but he used…
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Why are we so cursed?
Why are we so blest?—a novel by one of Africa’s leading fiction writers, Ayi Kweyi Arma—shows mental disturbance due to…
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Tread carefully on demands for allocation hikes
Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe must not give in to the pressure for more funding to ministries,…
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How much more time will you waste?
How much more time will you waste? T hroughout my life, I have found that there are two kinds of…
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Solve big ticket problems
Last month, Didier Drogba played his last game for Chelsea as he was bidding farewell – for the second time…
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Who audits consumer promotions?
In a bid to attract consumers to use or buy a product or service, service providers the world over roll…
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It’s about compromise, lessons from Magna Carta
Monday June 15 2015 saw the British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth, lead the United Kingdom in the celebrations commemorating the Great…
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Vernacular phone terminology
Generally, Malawians tend to associate technology with the foreign world. Ask the average Malawian to name examples of technology and…
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How to write a good novel
A novel is a work of fiction containing at least 50 000 words. A work of fiction containing up to…
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Celebrating albinism in Africa
Saturday, June 13, was International Albinism Awareness Day. It is described as a day in which people worldwide celebrate…
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Brevities of economic dilemmas
The virtual insolvency of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) should make all those who deposit their earnings with a commercial…
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The farmer and his bluff
Some crows saw a farmer ploughing a large field. When ploughing was done, they patiently watched him sow the seed.…
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UDF problems not about Section 65
UDF spokesperson Ken Ndanga clearly has a rich and creative brain that provides answers to every problem he and his…
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Are we partakers in mankind’s giant leap?
t the disposal of the State in its efforts to govern and control society are not only the guns and…
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My wife cheated on me, twice!
This is a distress call from a man who has been pushed between a rock and a hard, cold place.…
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The best investment for your child
Last week, while in Harare, I received persistent calls from an insurance agent coaxing me to buy some insurance…
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Slow down on digital crackdown
Hon. Folks, once upon a time when a DPP-led government made a law in haste to regulate air pollution, even…
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