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“Exporting jobs’ via fizzy drink cans
In the past few months, from around August or September 2014 to be precise, there has been a craze about…
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Learn your job from the best
You have probably heard of Dr. Ben Carson, the black American doctor who in the late 1980s became the first…
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Ivory is worthless, our elephants are invaluable
By Clement Manjaalera** The decision to postpone the ivory burn caused heated debate last week, with the vast majority of…
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Response to Levi Zeleza Manda
Levi Zeleza Manda’s commentary titled ‘Which D.D. Phiri?’ that appeared in Weekend Nation of April 4 2015 borders on defamation…
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Conquest of poverty in Malawi
Malawi has been classified by some observers as the poorest country in the world of course this has been vigorously…
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To speak or not to speak?
By Z Allan Ntata To govern a country with excellence and lead it to economic prosperity, leaders need to be…
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Are we supposed to be impressed?
Does anyone really believe that a big company like Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) does not have a strategic…
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Financial advice to a one year old
Hey! Osivela, you know what day it is today? 18th April 2015. Ringing any bells? It should actually — you…
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Malawians battle to access public information
Despite the Access to Information (ATI) Bill providing for the ease of access to public information, there are many other…
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For Goodall Gondwe and Desmond Tutu
We, Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson, SC (retired), Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, leader of delegation and expedition, Native Authority Mandela, and…
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Parastatal reforms or joke?
Hon. Folks, I never lived a moment to doubt that parastatals need changes of reformational — if not outright revolutionary…
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‘Twinning of Victoria Falls and Lake Malawi would benefit both countries’
WALTER MZEMBI, Zimbabwe’s minister of tourism and hospitality industry and chairperson of the Africa Commission under the UN-WTO Configuration, was…
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Not just some lousy dinner
What other information does the State House—or even the Democratic Progressive Party—chuck out at us that is either wrong or…
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Disincentives to investment
In its February 15 2015 edition, Nation on Sunday had a screaming headline: ‘K100bn hotel project in limbo’. The main…
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Career tips for professional women
I know that I am not a woman but that does not disqualify me to give career tips specifically targeting…
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Cost of radio in Malawi
By Victor Kaonga According to the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), there were over 70 licensed broadcasters in Malawi by…
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Rethinking disability, natural disasters
By George Chiusiwa Malawi is faced by weather and climate-related hazards which affect both rural and urban populations. Unarguably, the…
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MPs playing rightful oversight role on MSB
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance Ron Chipiko and his team deserve a special pat on the…
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When a woman’s fed up
Dear BMW Ada, what does it mean when a girl keeps on telling you that you are not serious yet…
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Beware of ‘Rasputin’
Accomplished Malawian writer Sam Mpasu reminds one in The Lamp of one of the most mysterious and dark individuals in…
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