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Why the educated cannot do it
“The people who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it,” is a quote often credited…
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Dowa helicopter builder optimistic
As this column continued to search within Malawi for flashes of brilliance, it landed—courtesy of Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS)—on one…
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Stop victimising innocent people
A story is told of a lizard that rested on a tree trunk. Standing at a distance was a…
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Mr. President, better is not good enough
If there is one thing any caring household and government will always ensure it has in abundance to ensure peace…
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The bicycle is a perfect mode of transport
Any visitor to Amsterdam will quickly notice that the city streets are awash with bicycles. It is the most popular…
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Aim to become an employer, not an employee
When my father went to school in the 1940s and the 1950s he did so because missionaries had established schools…
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Prayers for rain not necessary, but action
Four or five days after New Year’s Day, an e-mail was forwarded to me in which the author stated that…
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We should avoid reading too deeply into the Bible
On Christmas Day, 2015, Rev Patrick Mbanga published an article in The Nation Newspaper which suggested that Jesus may not…
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It is great mischief not to plant trees
There are two guava trees just outside my office, and very often I see young girls from the nearby community…
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The folly of courting cheap prosperity
In my recent article about the lessons that we can learn from Ben Carson, I referred to a claim by…
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Thoughts on Chimombo, other departed writers
Last week, Malawi mourned one of its celebrated writers Professor Steve Chimombo. I rubbed shoulders with Chimombo in the…
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Our pupils need some exposure to athletics
About 50 metres south of Moneymen club lies a pitch which has the capability to host various sports events. I…
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Ethanol is probably the next big thing to happen to Malawi
That petrol propelled vehicles in Malawi can, with a slight modification, run on a combination of petrol and ethanol in…
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All is not doom and gloom for the black race
In his extended piece of writing titled The Capitalist Niger, Chika Onyeani, an American of Nigerian origin, is very blunt…
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Chichewa is becoming truly international – thanks to trade
I recently travelled by road to South Africa on a trip organised by a choir. On a two thousand kilometre…
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Local capacity for book production boosted
I have on a number of occasions lamented the flight of jobs that could be done locally to other countries.…
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Trading in raw commodities is to be on shaky ground
What set England, and eventually the entire British Isles, apart from the rest of the countries in the world, turning…
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Gule wamkulu can be harnessed for a good cause
My first encounter with gule wamkulu (the great dance) was back in the 1960s when my father was pasturing…
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Brilliance is not alien to Africa
Some of the most astonishing medical breakthroughs have had an African connection. On December 3 1967, Christiaan Barnard, a white…
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What a great country that would be!
Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda did not mince words about the Central African Federation that sought to bring together the two…
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