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Guest spot: PAC wants cohesion on federalism
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC), an inter-faith democracy watchdog, organised a two-day national stakeholder’s forum on inclusivity and federalism at…
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Living like you were dying this year
At the start of this month, my mother (amama) and mother-in-law (ama) were both home. It was perhaps one of…
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Does PAC need to ‘sit down properly’before facilitating debate?
The hype was feverish. The build up was intense. The expectations were set very high. But the conference’s contextual framework…
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Donated blood could save a mother
There is no maternal care that four-month-old Cassim Joseph does not receive from Lakumizinga Theni. She breastfeeds him, sings him…
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Lutepo vs JB: Who to believe?
Honourable Folks, ever since Oswald Lutepo came out and implicated former president Joyce Banda in the Cashgate, the reaction has…
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Dialogues, weapon in HIV fight
The global HIV and Aids pandemic is affecting all levels of society, creating orphans and deepening levels of poverty, threatening…
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Tossing up the tax coin
Zaccheus, never mind his height then, was demonised as could be any person that runs errands for Caesar. It is…
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Annual career reflections
You might have read or heard of the quotation from a popular novel that was used on Malawi School Certificate…
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Client confidentiality under threat
In business and contracts exist the principle of client confidentiality which, in essence, guides an institution or individual not to…
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On public university selection
The system used to select students to public universities worked well when Malawi had one public university. Malawi now has…
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On public university selection
The system used to select students to public universities worked well when Malawi had one public university. Malawi now has…
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The role of management in the economy
The first step in curing a patient is to diagnose the real disease. Headache or constipation may be only symptoms;…
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Police need innovative strategies to fight crime
In the eyes of many Malawians, the police are not doing enough to fight crime. The country has witnessed a…
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That was not the President’s problem
I must have known his name, at least. But I know there is a civil servant somewhere at the Capital Hill…
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More time on our hopes
Huangpu River is an enduring symbol and a silent eyewitness to the history and development of Shanghai, the financial centre…
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Narratives from the Unima graduation
On November 19 2014, there was a graduation ceremony at Chancellor College’s Great Hall in Zomba. Some 397 individuals were…
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Malawians should map own destiny—Egyptian envoy
The Arab Republic of Egypt recently sent Mohammed Maher El-Adawy as new Ambassador to Malawi. I engaged the envoy on…
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This country needs fixing
When you have a support staff workers strike causing a national court shutdown; small schoolchildren running riot, blocking roads and…
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Federal Republic of Malawi? Try national referendum
It has pleased our leader of delegation, Chief Apostle Professor Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, to appoint Assistant Chief Apostle…
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Stitching our torn hope for the better
Honourable Folks, the MRA revenue performance report for October (as published both in The Nation and The Daily Times of November 18 2014) shows…
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