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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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‘Malawi can become an agricultural powerhouse’
The Israeli ambassador to Malawi based in Nairobi, Kenya, Gil Haskel, was in the country to hold meetings with government…
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A better life with or without money
The book titled The Last Lecture by Dr Randy Pausch is one useful piece of work you need to have…
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Ten lessons from Rwanda
We are in Kigali, Rwanda. We came here courtesy of well-wishers who have paid for everything. For Abiti Joyce Befu,…
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Our candidates are hopeless cowards
As I am writing this, only UDF presumptive presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi, has plucked enough courage to tell Malawians who…
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The poor villager, 50 years now
Honourable Folks, ever heard of Agenda 2063? It’s a developmental framework for the African Union for the next 50 years.…
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Rabies: A public health problem
Rabies is fast becoming a serious public health problem in this country. Despite its high fatality rate, the disease seems…
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Why is our investment climate gloomy?
Yet another survey on investment destinations and businessenvironment in general has poorly ranked Malawi. Through its banner headline last Thursday,…
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Think like achievers
Is there any kind of thinking that can make one an achiever? Do successful people think differently than others? Yes…
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Malawi does not need a talking shop at 50
Please allow me to express my reservations over the newly formed 23-member High Level Development Committee (HLDC) chaired by Dr.…
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About hygiene, history and handouts
During my primary school days which were mostly in the 1940s, one of the compulsory subjects we took was called…
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Signs of the times
I am told politicians in Kenya are contemplating putting up legislation or something like that to compel their athletes pay…
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