Mapwiya Muulupale

Talking Blues: Who is fooling who?

Oct 17, 2021 0

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” - Ephesians 5:11 If truth be told, the timing of the resurgence of controversy around the 2021-22 fuel importation contracts issued by… ...

Talking Blues: Mene, mene, tekel, parsin

Oct 10, 2021 1

“Money and power attract friends. But it’s not you that they are friends with - just your money and power.” Auliq-Ice King Belshazzar, so we are told, threw the mother of all parties where fine… ...

Talking Blues: Barking up the wrong tree manifested

Sep 26, 2021 1

The day when our aversion for corruption is not motivated by our lack of opportunities to engage in graft is the day we will begin making progress in the war against impunity. Now, don’t applaud… ...

Talking Blues: Half a loaf or none?

Sep 19, 2021 0

Danwood Chirwa “Our lawyers don’t even understand what pro bono means and have priced themselves out of reach from even the more than average Malawian. They have no business talking about their role in enhancing… ...

Talking Blues: But let justice flow like a river…

Sep 12, 2021 0

On Friday, 10 September 2021, the High Court found local magnate Dr Thomson Mpinganjira guilty of attempting to bribe Constitutional Court judges who were ruling on the disputed 2019 presidential election. Mpinganjira, the founder of… ...

Talking Blues: In many ways, we are our own ‘Taliban’

Sep 05, 2021 0

Because there are disturbing parallels between war-ravaged Afghanistan and tranquillity-filled Malawi, writing off developments in Afghanistan as mere news would be a colossal mistake. Where should I begin? On 15 August 2021, nearly twenty years… ...

Talking Blues: I stand with the Msundwe victims

Aug 22, 2021 1

“Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” - Friedrich Nietzsche A week after being confirmed as Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service (MPS),… ...