Pearson Nkhoma, PhD

Of Noel Chalamanda’s downfall & Donald Trump’s rise

Jan 13, 2017 18

Following Noel Chalamanda’s downfall in the mayoral elections, I committed to take a selfie along all roundabouts in the City of Blantyre. When I confided in a very close friend of this mission, he was… ...

The Courts have overstepped mandate on Chaponda

Jan 12, 2017 73

The news that Malawi High Court sitting in Mzuzu has ruled that Minister of Agriculture, Mr. George Chaponda, should be suspended pending outcome of the investigation into the maizegate scandal has been welcomed with jubilation.… ...

Lucius Banda loses creativity: Steals Takana Mathanyula’s mojo

Jan 04, 2017 52

You would think that on who is greater, and consequently should emulate from the other, between Robert Chiwamba and Lucius Banda is a settled question. It doesn’t look like it, however. One of the icons… ...

Somehow, I agree with Joyce Banda

Dec 03, 2016 199

After over 2 years in a self imposed exile, former President Joyce Banda peeped out of her hiding place. In an interview with Voice of America’s (VOA) Straight Talk, the dethroned president promised, as she… ...

Peter Mutharika+Saulos Chilima+Gertrude Mutharika

Giving Mutharika a news blackout is retrogressive: Mount Soche Declaration is a threat to Malawi’s democracy and press freedom

Nov 16, 2016 27

The mainstream private media in Malawi have threatened to give President Peter Mutharika a “news blackout” unless press freedom is guaranteed by his administration. The media made this declaration following a meeting convened last week… ...

Shocker! Man who raped 10 year old boy gets a 1 year-and-6-month jail sentence

Mar 31, 2016 91

…Magistrate calls the sentence a stiff punishment Rodney Kamanga, the disgraceful man who brutally raped a 10 year old child is one happiest Malawi man while his innocent victim suffers from the abhorrent memories of the… ...

Unima should hang its head in shame for decorating tyrant Tembo

Mar 25, 2016 271

If anybody ever doubted that the University of Malawi (UNIMA) is a disgrace to our democracy and the academic freedom it is supposed to espouse, the University’s decision to award a honorary doctorate degree to… ...