Opinion Posts

I just want to die, says Gogo

Aug 30, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 2 &

Human life is one of the best gifts that the creating spirit ever gave planet earth. That is the reason most of us fight hard, or do anything within our means to live long and… ...

Namadingo: Malawi’s walking statue of humanity

Aug 26, 2020 Russell Chimbayo 0 &

By 8:30am on 25 August 2020. Namadingo, and his Namartist Management Team were already at the proposed site for Mahatma Ghandi statue in readiness to raise funds for musician William Kachigamba who needed 3 million… ...

Malawi needs an urgent social pension for elderly people

Aug 17, 2020 Ephraim Nyondo 0 &

My attention has been drawn to the continued suffering of elderly people in the country. Reports indicate that most of our senior citizens, especially in rural areas, are living in abject and absolute poverty. They… ...

A life experience of Covid-19

Aug 14, 2020 Francis Edgar Denis Munthali 0 &

My name is Francis Munthali, an Accountant by profession. I work for Northern Region Water Board as the Director of Finance. I want to share my Covid-19 story to you fellow professionals, particularly Malawian professionals… ...

Talking Blues: Presidential benefit of doubt? That quota is exhausted

Aug 11, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Since independence, Malawi has had six presidents who have presided over ‘seven’ regimes. We had the Kamuzu era, Bakili’s lost decade, Bingu’s first and second terms, Joyce Banda’s cash-gate stained short stint, Peter Mutharika’s six… ...

A con man, the Eiffel Tower and lady Karma

Aug 02, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

History is littered with infamous con men. Gregor MacGregor and Victor Lustig are perhaps the most legendary. MacGregor, a Scot, is best known for a scam where he invented an entirely non-existent country and was… ...

The mystery behind the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju! A whistle-blower’s account

Aug 01, 2020 Wise One From the East 0 &

First published in 2016* Advisory: Wise One from the East, like you, has unanswered questions about the gruesome murder of Issa Njauju who at the time of his death was Malawi Anti–Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director… ...