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A road traffic Police Officer based in Zomba has hit a man to death in Dedza. Dedza Police Deputy Publicist...
Komatu apa ndiye mwakwanisa maganizo zedi (This is “Think Tank” caliber material and thinking, to be sure.) Asa! But because of low literacy levels, most Malawians cannot and should not be expected to analyse issues to any degree of significance. And, let’s face it, the majority are busy with existential concerns any way. And those graduated with MSCE in our education system, are unable to read the motives – between and behind the lines of a story. Even for those with “kachenjede” education, many of them have very limited analytical skills to really understand issues. For them, everything, I mean… Read more »
PROBABLY, THE BEST ARTICLE WRITTEN BY NYASA TIMES.
Sibande the opposition has no powers to influence the private media, but rather the private media realizes that the opposition in Malawi is voiceless and it tends to give it a platform to be heard, otherwise I agree with your suggestion to reform the media, more specifically MBC.
A mixed bag of good and bad analytical reporting you have made. Sometimes journalists do their jobs truthfully and professionally but if the truthful message they carry is not liked by the govt of the day, they face the wrath of the govt. Also as you say the govt may claim or justify stupidly that there is press freedom just because they have not arrested journalists on certain events but they kill them or harass or threaten them behind the scene for being truthful and professional in their journalistic reporting. Significant changes need to be done on both sides of… Read more »
Good balanced article. We need more such sober analysis of issues of public interest