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Do you really need that expensive baby cot?
The other day, while waiting for my turn on an Auto-Teller machine, I overheard a very interesting conversation. Two women…
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Overcoming myths about mosquito nets
The Shire Valley has always been infested with mosquitoes so much so that malaria cases became a norm other than…
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Teach others so you can advance
Many people acquire competences, practice for some time and then consider themselves great experts. But real big experts achieve expertise,…
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Try community science labs
Government has decided to halt the implementation of the science curriculum which was supposed to roll out in the 2014/2015…
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A unitary state for all Malawians (I)
When I read in newspapers that the people of Scotland would in September 2014 vote on whether Scotland should continue…
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Voices from slums
For the first time ever, in October 2014, two important milestones of the UN urban calendar coincide in the same…
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Government policy on wages and salaries
During the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, political parties tried to win civil servants’ votes by promising to raise their…
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Where is the ACB on Muluzi?
The revelation that the Anti-CorruptionBureau (ACB) has returned 63 vehicles it confiscated from president Muluzi, suspected to have been bought…
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Bank customers deserve better
I look forward to a time when customer care service in the country’s banks will not be limited to polite…
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Have you ever thought about this?
I was at a meeting where university dons discussed how to improve university education in this country. There is a…
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Mr President, leave Joyce Banda alone!
Just a week after losing the May 20 elections, Joyce Banda—fondly called JB—silently flew to a breather in the US.…
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What is the economic and moral justification?
Every employee deserves a decent living wage and every worker has legitimate expectations of a periodic pay hike—probably at least…
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Let’s debate secession but make it honest
Dear George, Your statement that lack of development is not an excuse for a region to call for secession or…
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‘Corruption is robbing people of good services’
Jeanine Jackson, who was Unites States (US) ambassador last week, left the country after completing her tour of duty. Lilongwe…
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Logs from the graveyard
Honourable Folks, there’s something about decentralisation that needs urgent attention. Who conducts the environmental impact assessment of the developmental projects…
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Involve president Bakili Muluzi in federalism campaigns
It may not be pleasing to some people who believe that anyone who suggests anything politically innovative such as secession…
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Sitting phwii will not take you anywhere!
Last year I had one of the most adventurous holidays ever. I went to the in-land port of Nsanje, jumping…
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Let deals be real business
There have been several interesting headlines from the United States of America (USA) in recent weeks where President Peter Mutharika…
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Conducting after-action reviews
The world as we know it today has benefitted a lot from innovations that were originally developed for and used…
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Economic consequences of corruption
Under what circumstances is corruption likely to flourish? Generally, where institutions are vague about what constitutes corruption, there will be…
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