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Your job can be your business!
One day, standing in a queue in a bank, I happened to eavesdrop on a conversation between a woman and…
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Why the interest rates ‘madness’?
Naturally, borrowers should be smiling from ear to ear following developments in the money market this week that saw National…
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Prove them wrong
Many of us, if not all of us, regularly encounter situations when our personal confidence is tested. People come to…
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Schools cannot become condom dispensers
A rather contentious suggestion was made in an article published in Weekend Nation of 8th February that schools should provide…
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Of two cholera-free seasons in Malawi
To think of a period of more than 14 months without any confirmed cholera case in Malawi is a situation…
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Much ado about a useless job
Vice-President Khumbo Kachali was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia two weeks ago representing Malawi at the African Union Summit. For a…
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Is Kayelekera closure harbinger of worst things to come?
Is the closure of Kayelekera Uranium Mine (KUM) in Karonga—while attributable to global industry price trends—a microcosm of what has…
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Setting financial independence as a goal
It will come. Yes, it has to. Of course I mean financial independence. I am especially talking to you young…
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Lessons from Rwanda: Your reactions
It is good we came to Rwanda. At least we, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, Native Authority Mandela and Sheikh…
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Let them not get away with blue murder
I took time off this week and had a peek at Comesa Hall in Blantyre where presumptive presidential candidates for…
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Wanted: Paul Kagame
Honourable Folks, allow me to start by thanking old pal, Levi Zeleza Manda, for his account of the Rwandan miracle…
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One billion rising
The stories you hear or read are many and horrendous. In rare cases, victims live to tell their stories, others…
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When insurers give a raw deal
Insurance is one of the most commonly used, read or heard terms in the media or public conversations. It is…
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Exploit the power of diversity
While human beings were designed with inherent propensity to explore new things, discover unknown experiences and stretch the limits of…
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Environment is a population issue
I am at the Eight Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at the United Nations headquarters, where…
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Biographies and autobiographies
On the Society page of the Weekend Nation of February 1 2014, there was a feature article titled Telling Our Stories and sub-headed Few biographies on…
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Sustainable Development Goals: Avoiding the Cappuccino Approach
Grappling with goals for sustainable development is not only a demanding task but also a big challenge. Sustainable development seeks…
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Child rights violations through re-marriages
In our country, children remain the most vulnerable in the population. Belief patterns, exploitative attitudes, opportunism and poverty all militate…
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Dealing with corruption in Nyasaland
There is no doubt that many people regard corruption as an evil that ought to be rooted out of the…
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When private moments are made public
Every time a local nudity picture or video clip is leaked on the Internet, there is some incomprehensible excitement on…
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