‘If police take sides, I’m unfit’
New Inspector General of Police George Kainja inherits an ‘absent workforce’ accused of being partisan, leaving its work to soldiers,...
Q & A
Kamlepo opens up
In this interview with our Reporter JOHN CHIRWA, outspoken Rumphi East member of Parliament Kamlepo Kalua opened up about his...
Sunrise or sunset?
Our reporter JOHN CHIRWA engages Professor Danwood Chirwa, a law professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa...
Dealing with land-related feuds
Southern African countries continue to be riddled with land-related feuds starting at community level rising to the national levels. The...
Are councils corrupt?
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has embarked on a campaign to clean councils of theft and corruption....
‘Parliament needs autonomy’
The National Assembly is seeking autonomy for effective delivery of its duties. Among other things, the House is demanding financial...
‘We do not monitor your calls’
There were mixed reactions when the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) rebuked and arrested a boy in Mulanje who had...
Is UDF on death bed?
UDF has won 50 percent of the six presidential elections held since 1994. But in the last three elections, the...
Energising democracy
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) is running a social accountability initiative in Malawi, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia to...
Learning from July 20 killings
Police killed 20 protesters during the July 20 2011 anti-government demonstrations catalysed by dictatorial tendencies and economic hardships. Seven years...
Post May 21 polls: SA Chief Justice weighs in
South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng has weighed in on the electoral impasse currently facing Malawi with a...
Averting Lake Chilwa’s new low
Malawi’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) committee oversees conservation efforts in the hugely deforested Mulanje Mountain and Lake Chilwa, a wetland...
Super Dad campaign rolled out
Unicef Malawi and government have launched an Early Child Development (ECD) campaign ‘Bambo Wachitsanzo’ (Super Dad) to promote positive parenting....
‘We want to fight corruption’
Four civil society organisations (CSOs) have established an alliance to contribute towards the clampdown of serious and organised corruption in...
‘Youths can help change Africa’s narrative’
African Union’s development arm, Nepad on April 10 held its second communication and advocacy platform in South Africa. Nepad is...
‘Financing on the continent is huge challenge’
African Union’s commissioner for Agriculture, Water, Blue Economy, Rural Development and Lands, Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, toured the country to...
Politicking with Foundation stones
Recently, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) campaign director Ben Phiri accompanied Minister of Transport and Public Works Jappie Mhango to lay...
‘We want to make household livelihoods sustainable’
For the past months, Comsip Cooperative Union Limited has been implementing a Graduation Model of its members who benefit from...
‘MEC must rescind decision on CSOs role’
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has removed the election monitoring role of the civil society organisations (CSOs) accredited to take...
‘Malawi has best policies, problem is implementation’
Economist Thomas Chataghalala Munthali has been appointed as director general of the National Planning Commission (NPC) with effect from mid-March....
