Opinion Posts

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

Nov 16, 2016 Pearson Nkhoma 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… ...

The Esther in Grace Chinga’s ‘Esther’

Oct 15, 2016 Wonderful Mkhutche 119 &

Grace Chinga died in March 2016, hours after announcing her fourth studio album titled ‘Esther’. It was a highly anticipated project bearing in mind that it had been six years since she came up with… ...

The Zero-aid Budget: Becoming the 17 Millionth Revolutionary in Malawi

Oct 14, 2016 Beaton Galafa* 24 &

When Prof. Bingu wa Mutharika passed on in 2012, a section of the society looked at his demise as an end to the socio-economic strife that had rocked the country since 2011. We never at… ...

Malawi politics: Of a ‘Moses’ hoping from one alliance to another towards the promised land

Aug 27, 2016 Wise One From the East 5 &

In alliances we trust: An alliance in politics, said Ambrose Bierce, is the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that they cannot – without the agreement… ...

Mr President, in Malawi, hyenas exist in both high and low places, arrest them all

Jul 29, 2016 Wise One From the East 53 &

In Malawi, just in the past two weeks forty eight people have been arrested. Sixteen were students from the Chancellor College, the Polytechnic contributed fourteen, and the Kamuzu College of Nursing’s quota was seventeen, all for… ...

Malawi: Guns, Smoke and Screens – the State wins round one, lessons galore

Jul 22, 2016 Wise One From the East 53 &

As expected, Ralph Kasambara has left no-one in doubt. He will appeal against his conviction by the High Court in the case where he, and two others, were being tried for conspiring to commit murder… ...

Akanakhala Mtumbuka: Wandale’s freedom not a sign of APM’s tolerance

Jun 09, 2016 William Simango 59 &

Arthur Peter Mutharika is not a weak character, he is not a tolerant character either. He is a lomwe by tribe who also suffers fro the nepotic regime of his brother. Recent remarks and letters… ...