“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” –Albert Einstein Today let us briefly talk about how we are embarrassingly trying to do the same things that never worked before and somehow we would like to hope that they will work now. But, first, allow me to be gentle […]
Malawi’s prominent journalists Ralphael Tenthani well known for his popular column, “The Muckraking” which provides political analysis on topical issues has been named for Nyasa Times ‘person of the year’ 2014. He has been the subject of controversy for his candid reporting on political issues. Editorial director for Nyasa Times, Thom Chiumia engaged Tenthani for […]
“Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything” -Hazard Ali Ibn Abu-Talia So, finally, President Peter Mutharika has woken up and realised he has to fill up parastatal boards. But, just like his predecessors, he has packed the boards with names taken from the drop of the hat, no consideration of competence or relevance. Of course there […]
“Be realistic, demand the impossible!” –Ernesto Che Guevara Is it only me who thinks the publication of the Baker Tilly report by the Malawi Government is ill-advised, premature, misguided and risky? I will explain why I hold that view a little later. But, of course, most of us wanted the famous – read ‘infamous’ – […]
Dear Malawians, I greet you, good neighbours, with hot tears in my eyes. Although our government initially tried to hide the illness of His Excellency the President Michael Chilufya Sata, when Lusaka realised the inevitable may happen, it quickly owned up and announced that our dear leader was under the weather and was being evacuated […]
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it; I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against” –Malcolm X This week was dramatic enough we needed no additional executive comedy from the likes of Kondwani Nankhumwa. Look, the arrest of Paul Mphwiyo, him whose September 13, 2013, shooting unravelled the whole ‘cashgate’ affair, was […]
Last week the ACB was our guest on this page. We teased the anti-graft body how it could let a woman who skimmed K63 million from government get off with a mere slap on the wrist. Well, Egrita Ndala, her whose day job is to tell us who has been playing monopoly with our cash, […]
“So they want us to think stupid; So they want us to feel stupid; That’s how they want us to be” –Burning Spear I think Reyneck Matemba, the Anti-Corruption Bureau Deputy Director, has a lot of explanation to do for letting ‘Cashgatress’ Theresa Namathanga Senzani get off with a mere slap on the wrist for […]
“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine” —Ernesto Che Guevara Let me tell you a tale of two countries rolled into one. Villager John has been knocking on doors of the rich in his village looking for piece-work without much luck. “Times are hard,” the rich man Mr. Sato tells […]