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The golden rule: Spend less than you earn
It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Yet, there are many of us burying ourselves in debt (spending more than we…
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Our strange sky
May be because of lack of financial resources, many Malawians do not venture far beyond their places of origin. Their…
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Run your life like a company in 2014
A friend of mine last week asked me about my main resolutions for this year. As we were exchanging ideas,…
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Celebrating some success stories
In life, it is not often that people give credit where it is due, taking time off to pat one…
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Curse of the Malawi presidency
The statement from State House last week was quick to point out that President Joyce Banda would fly South African…
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On senior chiefs, civil servants Christmas holiday
These are the days of developmental States. These are the States which have taken upon themselves the role of managing…
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Small boys that spill big
Great political truths always begin as blasphemy. So blasphemous, then, is to say that when presidents want to dust off…
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Who is a Malawian woman?
It wasn’t until a few weeks ago, when a certain elderly woman meandered through a talk centred on the title…
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Hungry Maula prisoners mere pawns
It is quite likely that the Maula Prison incident in which the opposition DPP officials were refused permission to donate…
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Cry our believed parks, game reserves
He does not ask for much from his bosses from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture at Capital Hill. All…
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Fat Monkeys spoil New Year pork beach party
Sheikh Jean-Philippe LePoisson Sc., Native Authority Mandela and our leader of delegation, Abiti Joyce Befu, MG 66, are back, literally…
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Hurray, no blackout on Christmas!
Honourable Folks, spending more than two weeks, including Christmas and New Year, without experiencing a minute of power outage either…
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When wives put New Year resolutions on dashboards!
The other Friday last year, a friend gave me a lift. A picture on his car’s dashboard caught my attention.…
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‘May the better candidate win’
Outgoing Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu-Banda recently announced his retirement from active politics after presiding over Parliament which saw presidential…
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Getting things done in 2014
We have just finished another year and we are now beginning a fresh 2014. Some people have achieved big things…
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Make things happen in 2014
If you are reading this, be very grateful to God the Almighty for allowing you and me to make it…
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On Master of Science in innovation
The Nation of Thursday 19th December 2013 carried Malawi University of Science and Technology (Must) advertisement calling for applications for…
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Gas could be a solution to blackouts
Malawians seem to have come to terms with indefinite load shedding schedules from the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom)…
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Until we become citizens
Not once, but twice, has Steve Nhlane, State House spokesperson, uttered words confirming that we, Malawians, are subjects not citizens…
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donors are not walking away
A lot has been written and said in the media recently about the role of development partners. There is talk…
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