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ACB has failed this nation
The inquest into how and why taxpayers’ money continues to enrich a connected few will not have gone long and…
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Corruption and the presidency
Honourable Folks, the drama unfolding at Capital Hill, code-named cash-gate, poses a difficult question for voters in the 2014 elections:…
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The day a taxi driver impressed me
Last year, I had the privilege to visit the golden city, Johannesburg. With all of the city’s grandeur, what impressed…
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Lecturer in street demonstrations
On our way back from Chipaika we passed by my former school, Nkhata Bay Secondary School, located on the western…
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Damn right I am angry, very angry
My reporting professor repeatedly told me that journalists are not supposed to be emotionally involved with a story. They must…
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Expatriates vs immigration laws
It is so heartbreaking to see Malawian workers being abused left in and left out by the so-called expatriates. One…
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Some light at the end of the tunnel?
In 2009 or thereabouts, courtesy of the performance of the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom), Malawi earned itself an…
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Of polio and measles in Malawi, Africa
While there were only 223 reported cases of polio in the year 2012 globally, according to the World Health Organisation,…
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Age alone does not matter
Most people would prefer to live long lives without becoming old. Because they do not want to be called or…
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Historic opportunities
There are two questions about Malawi I have often been asked, to which I have not been able to give…
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On illegal immigrants and Nairobi holocaust
News that hundreds of Malawians have been expelled from Tanzania as illegal immigrants is shocking but hardly unprecedented in the…
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Delayed help is help denied
So many times we talk of justice delayed being justice denied, but every so often help delayed turns out to…
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Party rules and nomination of female candidates
Political parties are supposed to conduct primary elections with the intention of choosing candidates that contest general elections on the…
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It is time for the ‘middle-class’ to revolt!
Why, if I may ask, was the wealth which Dr Kamuzu Banda primitively accumulated when he ruled turned into a…
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Muluzi’s lost decade
Sometime last year, a local radio announcer talked about Mrs Emmie Chanika and me in our capacity as authors of…
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Beyond the budget impasse
This month, Washington is consumed by the impasse over reopening the government and raising the debt limit. It seems likely…
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Financial advisor for others, what about yourself?
A couple of years ago, on a late Monday afternoon, I was so tired and all I wanted was a…
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Journalists, too, must declare their assets
Since we arrived in Balaka, we have had some very good time. The meals at Kozemberana Lodge are unbelievably delicious.…
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‘Forms of malnutrition are shockingly high in Malawi’
In October 16 this year, Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Food Day. Our News Analyst…
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This too is graft, why no action?
Honourable Folks, government has moved in with speed to curb the enrichment of civil servants and other unscrupulous suppliers of…
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