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Fishers along the Shire River and other fishing grounds in Nsanje District are using mosquito nets for fishing which the...
What does Oxfam do? What concrete results has Oxfam achieved in Malawi? Oxfam is a neo-colonial western institution whose work is to suffocate economic growth in poor countries. Its work is talk and talk but no action. It get so much of British taxpayers money and donations which only end up as salaries, allowances etc. Very little of that money reaches poor people in Malawi, Haiti etc. Oxfam can produce report after report but they are guilty for pretending to be working to eliminate poverty when in actual sense they are making poverty worse.
One of the biggest causes of inequality in Malawi is these so called ‘NGOs’ that waste our hard-earned taxpayers money on pointless reports, conferences and consultancies. Their staff have well-paid jobs which they spend doing mostly useless ‘work’, attending local and international ‘conferences’ which are supposedly designed to ‘tackle poverty’ or other senseless nonsense. All these years these NGOs have worked in Malawi, how have they developed our country? And yet you will see them driving the latest Land Cruisers, at the most expensive hotels and lodges, claiming allowances for attending a conference or ‘workshop’. These NGOs are one of… Read more »
Oxfam is one of the NGOs (or CSO) which continue to perpetuate poverty in Malawi and worldwide because its work treats the symptoms of poverty rather than causes. ‘State capture’? too academic and emotional way of putting blame where it doesn’t solely lie. Yes, government has a role but there is also personal responsibility in the issue of poverty – ignorance, illiteracy (by choice) over-population, retrogreive cultural beliefs and practices etc. Why are some people doing well in Malawi coming from very poor backgrounds. I agree the other problem is capitalism (neoliberal economic policies) which most African countries were not… Read more »
There is much truth in this article, as interpreted by the reporter Wanga Gwede. Dire consequences follow inevitably, especially in a small economy like ours, when politicians betray the citizens in crass, blatant and so-in-the-open corruption known as “state capture”. The term has been popularized close to home, in South Africa, regarding Zuma and the Gupta brothers: we have no equivalent in Malawi; but there may be a near example we can think of. If Bwana Chaponda was to be proven that he got bribed in the so-called maize gate, that would be “state capture” because the Bwana was so… Read more »
Capitalism is the genesis of corruption worldwide. Malawi is NOT an exception. But what is UNIQUE in Malawi is that it is cabinet ministers who connive with senior officers in public sectors and parastatals to LOOT & DEVOUR the country’s resources. This is done in a systematic and well- structured manner. DPP TOP BRASS appoint people in key strategic positions using NEPOTISM and LHOMWE tribe as a criteria, regardless of qualifications or proven competence. On the other hand conmen masquerading as businessmen finished up the business.. Money is later SHARED in bedrooms in both local and foreign currencies. Goodall and… Read more »