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Understand ideal expectations of employees
We need no justification to claim that a good manager is one who accurately understands the needs and wants of…
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Lessons from Oscar trial broadcast
As South Africa’s athlete Oscar Pistorious continues his five years sentencing for his conviction over culpable homicide for shooting his…
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Livingstonia in the history of Malawi (I)
Since the advent of multi-party politics at the beginning of the 1990s, perhaps no religious denomination has exposed itself to…
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Gems from Japan’s economic history
After the 2007-08 financial melt-down which nearly turned into a depression, economists in the UK and the US began to…
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You don’t meet Bakili and stay the same
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to take you back to 2013. There was one newspaper article that read thus: From…
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Will police brutality stop?
Many times the police are in the media for wrong reasons. They are covered for their criminal, negligent or brutal…
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Rambling thoughts on Africa’s poverty
I keep stumbling over seemingly new, but actually same old research findings that detail how the West continues to ‘steal’…
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Arm kids with sexual abuse tips
When I was a small primary school pupil, mother drummed into me how wrong it was for any male to…
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Brutality against citizens must stop
Unless police in Area 30 have invented their own law which forbids journalists from taking pictures of their public operations,…
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Who said no more crutches @ 50?
Honourable Folks, the kwacha which held its own during the tobacco season, is now headed to the ocean floor. This…
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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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The Malawi Kwacha is getting dizzy: Koma mulimba?
The Malawi Kwacha is losing ground so fast. “Hey, this is a technical subject – can you spare us and…
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Modern heroes 2: Sucoma/Illovo Sugar
Following a directive from our Most Senior Executive (MSE) Chief Apostle Professor Abiti Dr Joyce Befu, MG 66, we have…
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50 years of UN in Malawi
Malawi’s commemoration of 50 years of independence and 20 years of multiparty democracy coincides with 50 years of United Nations…
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Cashgate: Wake-up call on cybercrime
The term “cybercrime” is used to refer to the convergence between crime and modern information and communication technology (ICT). There…
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Can tourism alleviate Malawi’s poverty?
Tourism is one of the strongest drivers of world trade and prosperity. In many countries, it acts as an engine…
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Special assignment for Chaponda
South Africa is our major trading partner. Balance of payments statistics reveal that Malawi imports more goods from South Africa…
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Water is life?
In case you did not know, the slogan— other people call it motto— of the Blantyre Water Board (BWB) is:…
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Christians can be overzealous at times
There is this exaggerated manner in which some church goers regard religious leaders such that you sometimes wonder if the…
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Rambling thoughts on Africa’s poverty
I keep stumbling over seemingly new, but actually same old research findings that detail how the West continues to ‘steal’…
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