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Want Aids money refunded? Ask APM
We are here in Edundu, Mzimba, drinking what all great bottom-up men and women drink during these festive last days…
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Of upside down anti-poverty policies
There is a general agreement in Malawi that poverty is the country’s most ubiquitous and insidious social problem. According to…
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Cama has been generous to BWB
If it were a patient, Blantyre Water Board (BWB) would have been a hopeless terminal case destined for expiry, to…
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Challenging your non-saving mindset
The starting point in a healthy financial life is ‘kuzimana’ (saving). If you are like most people, the thought of…
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I have sacrificed a lot for UDF—Omar
Reports were rife that United Democratic Front (UDF) vice-president Iqbal Omar had resigned from the party only for the public…
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Make risk management a priority
Once upon a time, it appeared as a norm when managing risks simply implied purchasing an insurance policy and forgetting…
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Business Unusual
The twilight of 2014 is nigh and we can only look back and see how we got things done. There…
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Who is going to guard a police officer?
Events over last weekend demonstrated to me that Malawi is too far-gone into the disaster of disorderly conduct. The only…
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Labour laws must be just
On the front page of The Nation dated December 18 2014, we read ‘Work or no pay, Goodall tells ACB’. On the…
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Music without musicality
Malawians are an enigmatic people in the sense that while they have an insatiable appetite for imported physical goods, the…
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Management of economy by objectives
Time management expert Edwin C. Blisc in his book, ‘Getting Things Done’, says certain things that are essential for success…
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You speak like Goodall Gondwe, Mr President
I read with interest an article on December 15 2014 that President Peter Mutharika identified greed as a major problem…
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Why do sex scandals wear a woman’s face?
The recent publication of a sex video about a married man and some single woman in Blantyre brings to our…
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Malawi needs stable currency
The widespread strikes to demand high salaries by workers in different sectors of the economy were expected. The depreciation of…
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Enough is enough: Atupele should resign
Lilongwe will soon be Blantyre. Let me explain. I mean, in terms of persistent water shortages, our blossoming capital city,…
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The President of reversals
I don’t know why, but we have a President who always appears to realise that something is wrong only when…
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Should you really party this festive season?
The times are particularly hard for many people this year. This is partly due to inflationary pressures that have built…
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Civilians in security organisations
All institutions exist for a purpose. Security institutions in Malawi were instituted to ensure security of the people of Malawi,…
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Now that Gateway Mall has opened…
This week, Malawi Property Investment Company (Mpico) and its partners officially opened the doors of Gateway Shopping Mall next to…
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Create and preserve goodwill
Goodwill is a precious opportunity to have. Many of us underrate the power of goodwill and so we do very…
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