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Malga backs councillors on development fund
Malawi Local Government Association (Malga), an umbrella body of councils in the country, has joined calls for councillors to administer Constituency Development Fund (CDF). The call follows Mzimba...
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Wandale to address people, set date for setting his ‘government’
Self-styled supreme leader of People’s Land Organisation (PLO), Vincent Wandale, is today set to address people in Thyolo to, among others, set the date for the swearing-in ceremony for his...
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Theatre group speaks out on abortion, forced marriages
Mzuzu-based Oneness Arts Theatre has said the power to have an abortion or not lies with the woman carrying the pregnancy. The message came through their play, ‘Arrogant ambition’ performed at...
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From China with lessons
Mixed feelings engulfed my mind when Nation Publications Limited (NPL) nominated me to join a group of journalists travelling to China for a week-long visit. Excitement pulled me one side, anxiety the...
View ArticleOn politics and violence
Politics and violence seem to enjoy a rather healthy matrimony in Malawi. Our history, since independence, as a matter of fact, reveals that violence has, with varying levels of intensity and...
View ArticleAtoht Manje rising from the ghetto furore
Ellias Missi known in showbiz cycles as Atoht Manje is one self made artiste. I first saw him as an opening act in the Warge produced Itchoke itchoke medley riddim video which also features the late...
View ArticleThis one is for you mothers
We on the street think that Mother’s Day, which will be celebrated Sunday, October 15, is hardly enough thanks for everything mums do. If I, for example, want to thank my mother, Ana Mphepo for...
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Chipalamba ku Malawi
Dziko la Malawi likusanduka chipalamba. Kafukufuku wathu wapeza kuti mafumu ndi apolisi ena ndiwo akuthandizira kusambula dzikoli pamene akuthandizira kudula mitengo mosasamala ndi kuotcha makala....
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Amangidwa popha ‘anamapopa’
Ndende ya Nsanje ikusunga anthu awiri omwe akuyenera kuyankha mlandu wopha Landani Chipira wa zaka 48 atamuganizira kuti ndi ‘namapopa’ m’mudzi mwa Gulupu Mchacha James kwa T/A Mlolo m’bomalo....
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Entrepreneurship development for agri-transformation
In this third instalment on agriculture transformation, TAMANI NKHONO-MVULA* argues that exporting raw agricultural products can be minimised by heavily taxing it to subsidise local manufacturing. Read...
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Media women taste maternity woes
Getting into the maternity ward at Chilomoni Health Centre in Blantyre last week, her attention was drawn to a woman close to the entrance. Under the mosquito net, the woman, loosely covering her body...
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Bankers initiate girls into the sector
As the world commemorated the International Day of the Girl (IDG) on Wednesday, Standard Bank employees hosted school girls to inspire them. Girls from the three regions of the country registered for...
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Kinnah lands Botswana club job
Just over a month after parting ways with Tanzanian side Mbeya FC, Flames legend Kinnah Phiri has landed a job with Botswana outfit Mochudi Centre Chiefs. According to Botswana’s Mmegi newspaper, the...
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Foreign reserves at 3.48 months
Malawi’s gross foreign exchange reserves—a combination of official and private sector reserves— slightly fell to 3.48 months of import at the start of this week, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) figures...
View ArticleAgainst linguistic arrogance, intolerance
We promised. As always we deliver on all our promises. Abiti Joyce Befu, the Most Excellent Grand Achiever, MEGA-1 also popularly known internationally as MG 66, Alhajj Mufti Jean-Philippe LePoisson,...
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APM courts bloodsucker saga victims
President Peter Mutharika of Friday assured people in the country that government will deal with those spreading fear in the blood sucking saga when he held an open court session in Mulanje to hear...
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‘MEC has earned the confidence of the public’
On Tuesday, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will conduct elections in Lilongwe Msozi North Constituency, Lilongwe City South East Constituency, Nsanje-Lalanje Constituency, Mayani North Ward in Dedza...
View ArticleNeed for harmonisation in local development
The series of stories that Nation Publications Limited (NPL) newspapers run recently were depressing. The poor villager—the ultimate beneficiary of the various local development financing...
View ArticleAre you ready to retire?
Life is you walking into your office one morning and your secretary tells you that the boss wants to see you. The boss greets you warmly and goes straight to the point, ‘I hope you remember that you...
View ArticleAPM can douse flames of fire or fan them
This coming Tuesday on October 17, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is holding elections in Lilongwe Msozi North Constituency, Lilongwe City South East Constituency, Nsanje Lalanje Constituency,...
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