Nyasa Times has introduced a new column called ‘Off the Wall Of …’ We will be taking a Malawi Facebook Post of the Day and republish on Nyasa Times. Then I received a “friend request” fromGanizani Desmond, whom I’ve never met nor recall interacting with. Going by the profile, it seems the FB account was […]
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Mark Twain. Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe presented the budget in Parliament the other day. He says our budget will be K901 billion. He promises many things in his budget speech. The economy will grow by seven per cent, for instance. That’s a heck of a promise to make. […]
He was more than a luminary in Malawi journalism and had the gravitas to pen eloquent criticisms of the government and its policies. Friends and enemies alike had to admit that Raphael Tenthani was one of a kind. Ralph’s Muckraking on Sunday column spoke for the little man who was mostly denied a seat at […]
Even for a day, in the three years I was close and personal with Ralph Tenthani, we never agreed on anything. But we were the best of buddies until Sunday 10 2015—the last day we met at Puma Filling Station in Blantyre. Our last conversation started at 1pm. I was in the office—you know I […]
Today, Tuesday 19th May 2015, Raphael Tenthani was supposed to be landing at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, here in Gaborone, Botswana. He was coming to attend a stakeholders meeting of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which is going to run from tomorrow 20th to 21st May at the Gaborone Sun Hotel. I […]
I knew Ralph Tenthani around 1993/94. That time, Malawi was in transition, changing from single party dictatorship to a multiparty democracy. One major development arising from this change was the emergence of newspapers. Malawi had previously been a closed society with just one major newspaper publishing company and a handful of journalists. With the change, […]
Raphael Tenthani, fondly known by his peers as R 10, was a revered Malawian journalist who contributed to many news outlets including Associated Press, Nyasa Times, The Sunday Times and Malawi News. He was also longest serving correspondent for the BBC in Malawi. He died Saturday night in a car crash, and eulogies have flowed in describing […]
Managing Director of Times Group Leonard Chakadya has confessed that the death of seasoned journalist and celebrated columnist Ralph Tenthani would affect sales of one its publications, The Sunday Times. Chikadya made the remarks at College Medicine Mortuary when scores of people paid their last respects to the fallen media hero. Tenthani died in a car accident […]
Could this be? Could this really be true? The death of Raphael Kinn Tenthani, a respected Malawian journalist, has been received with much sadness within the media profession and the Malawian nation at large. To those of us who revered him, and we are many, we like to think of him as the amazing mixture […]
Respected journalist and influential columnist Raphael Kinn Tenthani was killed Saturday night in a car crash at Kamwamba, Zalewa Road. Details were sketchy but an eye witness Tiya Somba Banda, a Super League of Malawi treasurer general said it was “terrible” accident. Tenthani’s body was taken to Mlambe Hospital mortuary in Blantyre and later transferred […]
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced” -Soren Kierkegaard President Peter Mutharika used tens of pages full of thousands of words and figures containing dreams, hopes, fantasies, truths, half-truths and complete fallacies to describe his fantastical state of the nation. I will use only three words to describe […]
“Muthandiza olemera kale pamene osauka akuona” –Billy Kaunda What is the difference between the so-called ‘cashgaters’ and the cabal that nearly sucked the life out of the potentially biggest bank in the country, the Malawi Savings Bank (MSB), with their toxic loans? As we say in our street language, the difference is the same. Yes, […]
In John 1:1 (KJV) the Big Book says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” I am not a theologian so I will not attempt to interpret this verse ‘theologically’. Suffice to say, however, that in my considered view I believe the ‘word’ – both […]
“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance” –George Bernard Shaw Let us leave the dreary politics aside this week and discuss some matters of the heart. You see, folks, the Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations Bill – which has just been assented to by President Peter Mutharika – introduces various new concepts […]
I think the Mutharika administration has been making all the right noises as regards the unfortunate happenings in South Africa, Africa’s second largest economy after Nigeria, during the past fortnight. (In fact I believe Nigeria just got its figures right; South Africa is still Africa’s largest economy, just look at how many Nigerians trek to […]
“There’s no harm in hoping for the best as long as you’re prepared for the worst” -Stephen King The Cabinet should have been in the cauldron this week but there was really no reshuffle to write home about. A few ministers swapping desks here and there and that was about it. Of course, I would […]
No doubt, the tragic happenings in Blantyre last Friday when an irate father, in a fit of rage, picked up his official gun and killed – execution style – his own two sons are as numbing as they are unfathomable. Look, it is human nature to rush to condemn Senior Superintendent Evance Chisi for prematurely […]
“It’s not what you look at that matters; it’s what you see” -Henry David Thoreau So how much is Peter Mutharika worth? Is it US $8.2 million or US $2 million? Christopher Tukula, the Assets Director, came back to correct the figures his own office released and told us our president is actually not yet […]