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If I were: Youngson Chilinda
Security officer at Parliament, I would move with the times and appreciate that taking photographs of public interest is part…
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Propaganda Pulls Backwards
Great leaders desire only to serve, not to lead, observes Myles Munroe, a best-selling author and a widely acknowledged expert…
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Road to transformation?
In her State of the Nation Address, Malawi President Joyce Banda underlined that Malawi is on the road to transformation…
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19-year- old prayer for peace
Friday marks 19 years since Malawians voted for the first president following the triumph of democracy over dictatorship in 1993.…
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Political mudslinging for democracy?
President Joyce Banda and ruling People’s Party (PP) outspoken vice-president Uladi Mussa have held key positions in the country’s politics…
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MBC: Public or party broadcaster?
With the World Press Freedom Day on Friday, is there any change to rejoice about Joyce Banda’s handling of MBC,…
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Lessons from Kenya
Two weeks ago, youthful Uhuru Kenyatta took the oath of office as the third president of Kenya after a paper-thin…
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Gone! A year without Bingu (Part II)
I was naïve and somewhat insensitive to the culture of not differing with a head of State, such that I…
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Gone! A year without Bingu
On August 1 1915, Patrick Pearse, commander general of the Irish Republic brotherhood and member of the revolutionary society, addressed…
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On DPP’s violence
Perhaps they had a plan. On the first day—the day Peter Mutharika handed himself to Southern Region Police Headquarters—the plan…
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How do they survive?
At the fall of one-party politics in Malawi, multiparty democracy took over. Since then, three presidents Bakili Muluzi, Bingu wa…
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Why coalitions fail in Malawi
As 2014 draws close, political parties in Malawi will begin courting one another for possible coalitions. But as history shows,…
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Trial of Malawi’s leadership
The sun of Joyce Banda’s economic policies appears to be setting at noon. And as twilight falls, a feeling of…
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Listen carefully
The world has had a rich vein of thinkers whose insights remain so relevant today. Professor of African Languages at…
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On DPP, MCP conventions
The first day of any month on calendar is a door. But what if a door of a particular month…
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Small parties emerging giants in Malawi?
Small is the new big. Onlookers get this impression as political parties emerge and assert their relevance 20 years after…
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Question of political financing
A 2011 study by Global Integrity revealed that political finance laws are ‘virtually absent’ in Malawi. What does this mean…
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Jan 17 demos: A postscript
Events of July 17 in Malawi cannot be allowed to slip quietly into the annals of history without further comment.…
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Chilembwe’s leadership lesson
When the entire southern part of Africa was submissive to the struggles of the oppressive colonial rule, John Chilembwe, in…
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Lying under oath: Any dangers?
Politician Humphrey Mvula was not required to testify before the Robert Chasowa Commission of Inquiry. But because he felt he…
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