"In His name and after His example, I come not to be served but to serve.” King Charles III, at his Coronation. ~~ The Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Colleen Zamba was scheduled… ...
Articles By Mapwiya Muulupale
“The conditions of Malawi, the poorest country in English-speaking Africa, have been gradually worsening over the last 40 years. This is in part due to global climate change, but also to too much Aid, which… ...
Chief Justice Mzikamanda (R) with President Chakwera “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organised conspiracy to oppress,… ...
The Chief Resident Magistrate’s court (Lilongwe) adjourned a case in which ACB Director General (DG) Martha Chizuma is accused of making defamatory remarks in a leaked audio conversation. The court ordered Chizuma’s plea taking to… ...
Everyone who has been keenly following Zunneth Sattar’s saga from inception to date will agree that several things still don’t add up. From the look of things, Dr Steven Kayuni’s dismissal notwithstanding, progress is still… ...
It is the oldest trick in the book. When confronted with an unpalatable truth or challenged on a matter you would rather dodge, attack! Get angry! Distract! Deflect! And in most cases, it all ends… ...
Everyone has formed their own opinion on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report on the arrest of Ms Martha Chizuma, the Director General of the Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Tuesday, 6 December 2022. I… ...
Let’s say you were authorised to allow or veto prosecutions, and one day, a prosecutor seeking to prosecute your relative comes to seek approval. a) What are the chances you would approve? b) What’s the… ...
Cassie L. Chadwick, whether you have heard about her or not, is one famous con artist. Born Elizabeth Bigley in Canada, she lived quite a busy life, which I can sum up as follows: •… ...
"When a powerful leader passes, a wise citizen bows deeply and silently farts.” Ethiopian proverb A couple of weeks ago, I made a strong case that Machiavellianism is the current leadership’s standard operating procedures (SOP).… ...
Unreliable, shady, fly-by-night, deceitful, dishonest, disreputable, corrupt, crooked, dishonourable, dubious, duplicitous, questionable, dodgy, irresponsible, shifty, slippery, treacherous. Let’s add more: undependable, unprincipled, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, cowboy, iffy, slimy, traitorous, underhand, unfaithful, unprofessional, double-dealing, two-faced, not… ...
If you see a snake, just kill it - don’t appoint a committee on snakes. This quote is from Ross Perot, an American billionaire who shook up US presidential politics in the 1990s. Perot was… ...
Speaking to BBC News Pidgin in the twilight of her era as the first lady, Aisha Buhari, wife of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, insinuated that her husband has failed Nigerians. "People expected so much from… ...
Thanks to Mr C.Y. Maweru, a principal secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, I have shelved an already completed discourse on expenditures incurred by our delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and matters… ...
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General (DG) Martha Chizuma had an exclusive interview with the Malawi News the other week and shared her experiences plus an update on Zuneth Sattar-related cases. According to Madam Chizuma, the… ...