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The media’s keen interest in intra-party democracy is predicated on the premise that parties that are undemocratic cannot be expected...
We need to reflect on our situation whether our countries do not deserve some harsh unfriendly description like what Trump said. Things are always like this when its a rich fellow describing a poor guy! Always a poor guy cries loudly and for a very long time for the simple harsh words. How many times do we irritate our western colleagues by stealing aid intended for the poor? You sometimes wonder whether our leaders really know why they are in power. People who do not want to leave power even if they fail? Condoning corruption they always want to enrich… Read more »
monga akunama kuti ndi shithole? nikumbuka kale kale anthu akunyela kuchile amakumba dzenje. wina kumayesa apita koumba mankhwala kuthengo koma kuli kokunya. zinali za ulemu. lelo zinatha aliyese amangonya palipose bola thengo kuonetsa kuti aliyese ali yekhayekha. timangodkila ma NGO kuzatimangila ka cibudzi kenako a bwana adela kukatsekulila. mmmayo. musiyeni trump sakunama tikaunika. kodi si VILIGINIA Yu mukumpembedza timaona ndi masotu. tiyeni tizilimbikila citukuko ndi tsogolo la Mw. trump analemela kale amadya zake. ife a gulukunyinda ndi cule wathuyu tione timuthokoze trump yi mwina ena sitimazindikilatu kuti afrikan conutnries ndi maenje a manyi. tinazipangitsa tokha kuti likhale dzenje lonyelamo. sititha… Read more »
Whilst racism should not be condoned or justfied, it is also true that most African governments are presiding over shitholes. I do not think it is inconsistent to hold both views: that is to condemn Trump but also accept the fact of the shitholes we live in. Oddly, despite Trump’s anti-brown agenda, our government supports that racist bigot on issues like Palestine etc. We have no pride and are led by thieves with no plans.
Perhaps it is time to rethink the whole democratic process. Perhaps both the Westminster and the Washington models of confrontational party politics are no longer appropriate for the modern age. Nowadays, they don’t even work for Britain or America. Currently, politics is war by other means. It does not promote progress; it obstructs it. A political victory should be a victory over poverty, ignorance, and despair. Instead, it is the defeat of political opponents, who happen to be our fellow Malawians. Even the lexis and metaphors of modern politics are military: victory and defeat, attack and defense, tactics and strategies,… Read more »
Dr Sizini, let me answer the question you pose at the end of your comment. Our politicians think that taunting and name-calling constitute appropriate behavior in Parliament and at political meetings because that is what they see when they tune in to the BBC’s coverage of the UK Parliament. When we want to hear the braying of asses, the squawking of parrots, or the gibbering of apes, there is no need to access the blogs of Whipsnade or Regent’s Park Zoo. The inmates of Westminster do pretty fair impressions. Westminster still proudly proclaims itself the Mother of Parliaments. Others less… Read more »
Well look around you and tell us if you really believe what you have written here. All the evidence in the world today point to the fact that most African countries are not humanly habitable despite the natural blessings accorded to us by GOD. Even our city centres are as dirty as shitholes themselves. Unmistakable reflection of the way we live think and do things. Take Malawi for argument sake. How can our young graduates be jobless in a country with so much to be done in order to develop it. We have a beautiful country with much fertile soils,… Read more »
Nice insight. But ignores why most of our people have fled to the US and neighbouring countries in SSA. There is some justification. And the sad thing is that most of the immigrated do not dream of coming back to help us develop the country