Published: July 8, 2010
TIMAU: Who will honour John Msonthi? |
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Why did you put down John W. Gwengwe? This was our question to the independence celebrations committee in 2009. We also wondered why John Dustan Msonthi was left out in last year’s honours of achievers awards. Thank you! This year, John Gwengwe, author of the famous ‘Kukula ndi mwambo’ a Chichewa literature book which was [...]
Published: July 6, 2010
Malawi's naked independence: Poem |
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They trekked to the stadium
In swarms like bees searching a safe independent hive
At the stadium
They danced the independence song
They drunk the independence wine
They heard the independence speech
They cheered the independence president
They dressed in the independence colours
But they went home naked
Naked without a sense of independence
Naked with no memory of the independence song
Naked without freedom of [...]
Published: July 3, 2010
Orbituary: Calvary church’s Pastor Paul Chikakula |
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Calvary Family Church announced the passage to eternal glory of Pastor Paul Chikakula Tuesday on June 29 in a hospital in Lilongwe .
The history of late Pator Chikakula dates back to almost 50 years ago when he came into this world as a second born in a family of 5 sons.His death has left an [...]
Published: July 1, 2010
Debate and democracy in Malawi (Part 2): 'President Joyce Banda 2014-2024' |
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Readers will recall that on the eve of the May 2009 General Elections we commended the DPP for choosing Joyce Banda, a Southerner married to a Northerner, as a running mate to DPP President Bingu wa Mutharika.
The DPP won the elections with relative ease and Banda necessarily became Vice State President. Further, we dared to [...]
Published: June 29, 2010
Debate and democracy: unresolved issues at stake in Malawi (Part 1) |
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We have been silent for a little while not because we ran out of issues to ruminate over. Some of our readers have complained about this silence, praying that we are not entrenching the much-decried national ‘culture of silence’. Believe you us; we were not silenced by any authority – even if the spaces for [...]
Published: June 25, 2010
Party for the north is bound to fail: A sober analysis |
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For a long time in the recent past, people from the northern region have pondered and craved for the formation of one such a political party that will get control in the entire northern region during an election.
The proponents and advocates of such a political party idealize an early 1994-95 political arena where the Alliance [...]
Published: June 24, 2010
What is China doing in Malawi? |
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Chinese interest in Africa is well-documented. To detractors, it represents a neo-colonialist invasion aimed at stealing the natural resources of a country; to advocates, China is providing invaluable infrastructure to countries in need of development. To me, at least in the case of Malawi, it is completely baffling.
I have asked myself [...]
Published: June 22, 2010
G20: A voice from Malawi |
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Dorothy Ngoma is the Executive Director of the National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi and a member of the W8, a parallel organization to the G8 featuring women community leaders from developing countries.
In Malawi, we nurses see many women and children who are living marginal lives, in places where they feel little [...]
Published: June 20, 2010
Opportunities galore in Malawi |
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Malawi is a country full of glaring opportunities and possibilities. However, as one traverses the length and breadth of the country one cannot avoid to notice some pockets of gloomy faces, unemployment, hunger and real poverty. Present and past administrations have made some measurable progress in dealing with the various ills facing the nation. Clearly [...]
Published: June 14, 2010
Timau: Can someone stop Matumula from this madness |
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We, the Timau Crew, believe that we love President Bingu wa Mutharika just as our next door neighbour. By love, we mean not hero-worshipping the President to the degree of calling him names like, Ngwazi, Chitsulo cha njanje, Mphenzi, Mose wa Lero, economic engineer, political engineer or wishing him to be President for life.
Ours is [...]
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