Published: March 12, 2010
Tutu hits discrimination of gays as human rights violation |
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Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity — or because of their sexual orientation. Nor should anyone be excluded from health care on any of these grounds.
In my country [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Why education quota system is good for all Malawians |
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Achieving regional or race equity in secondary and tertiary education has never been an easy road and certainly not an option for those societies that are currently benefiting from the status-quo. A quota system in the education system is meant to set a level playing field for various geographical regions that have had different exposures [...]
Published: March 8, 2010
No business for Madeya |
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Anyone who thinks that running a newspaper as a business is for the namby-pamby should first study the years 1994 to 2004. Few people would remember these trying times for The Daily Times unless they have an interest in the relationship between the media, good governance, transparency, democratic leadership and [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Timau: Aleke on advertisement ban |
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Democracy is all about debate.
Nobody, least of all, Aleke Kadonaphani Banda (AKB) has the right to debate the truth of newspaper adverts. If we may ask, was there democracy during the period 1993-2004?
News that Aleke Banda is concerned with the prohibition issued to government ministries, departments and parastatals to advertise in [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Aleke speaks on Malawi govt advertising ban in Nation newspapers |
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Nation Publications Limited, a member of both the Media Council of Malawi and NAMISA and the proud publisher of The Nation, Weekend Nation, Nation on Sunday and FUKO, a fortnightly vernacular newspaper in Chichewa and Tumbuka, has noted with great concern the prohibition
issued to government ministries, departments and parastatals to advertise in Nation Publications Limited [...]
Published: March 2, 2010
Phwiiology: A study in socio-psychology of development in Malawi |
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Several factors tend to affect the achievement of both Millennium Development Goals as well as Malawi Growth Development Strategies. While most of the factors can be attributed to natural causes, our argument seems to be oriented towards anthropogenic factors. Within the anthropogenic factors we argue that external forces such as dependence on development aid, global [...]
Published: March 1, 2010
In opposition to Banda's Mzuzu Corner version |
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Alick Nyasulu writes: I did not expect [Chris] Banda to misrepresent facts about Mzuzu corner in his Nyasa Times article. Prof Chijere too got it wrong that this corner never existed but probably he went to the Chichiri version of Chanco.
Just a few grasp of facts. I thinK the students he referred to as writing [...]
Published: February 28, 2010
The truth about Chanco's Mzuzu Corner |
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I was reading the Nyasa Times when I came across a story in which Professor Wiseman Chijere Chirwa was challenging the existence of Mzuzu Corner at Chancellor College, University of Malawi.
I wish to advise Prof Chijere Chirwa that Mzuzu Corner existed when I was in College 1988-1992 and information I got from a recent former [...]
Published: February 25, 2010
Mutharika caught napping by Niger coup |
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The recent coup d’être in Niger has caught president, Bingu wa Mutharika napping after his loud declaration of zero-tolerance on Africa’s military takeovers. Mutharika’s resolve as the current African Union (AU) chairman to deal with rogue states and unconstitutional change of governments has melted with the people of Niger having welcomed the overthrow of Mamadou [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Paying for inefficiency: Airtime and passport |
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News stories coming from back home this week have been very fascinating, hilarious, and infuriating at times.
There is this other 89 year-old village chief that is making a living out of other people’s misfortune by selling rainfall – yes natural rainfall! The guy must have some supernatural powers to do that, although I do not [...]
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