Tag Archive: Malawi

Let MISA Malawi be, Malawi needs the media council

There have been muted discussions and calls within media circles, notably by the Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa Malawi) membership, that Misa Malawi...

Age Isn’t a Problem, Malawi Needs to Move Away from Personality Politics

Malawi appears to be living in a never-ending electoral cycle. The local politics is always about the next elections, as much as it is...

Joyce Banda’s Return and the Unstable Nature of Malawi Politics

After almost four years away, former president Joyce Banda finally returned to Malawi on 28 April 2018, stepping on home soil for the first...

Malawi and the Internet, It’s Getting Worse

Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net, 2017 report shows that 2017 was, as Wire.com puts it, “terrible year for Internet freedom”. The report shows...

We need to talk about Access to Information, Again

I recently received  a phone call from a journalist asking my views on authorities refusing to provide information to the media. The context of...

Malawi – 56 Years After Dunduzu K. Chisiza’s “Realities of African Independence”

“Vindictiveness directed at the opposition parties has its nemesis when tables are turned – not to mention the adverse effect of the resultant strife...

Alcohol and Mental Health in Malawi

Sometimes you get a feeling that Malawi is a country in a permanent state of socio-political and economic crisis; from newspaper headlines, political speeches...

Even With Access to Information, Malawi Needs Whistle-blowers

On 6th August 2016 one of Malawi’s two dailies, The Nation newspaper reported that Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs had started an exercise...

Malawi and Zambia Get Maized

This article was co-authored by  Jimmy Kainja from Malawi  Governments of Malawi and Zambia have come under fire over an alleged maize export scam...

Grace Chiumia is a Victim of Malawi’s Defective Political System

Fredric Jameson, a contemporary American Marxist and literary critic opened his influence work on The Political Unconscious (1981) with that slogan: “always historicise.” Jameson’s...

Malawi, A Country of Short-Term Fixes and Permanent Crises

Malawi leaders are very good at finding quick fixes to complicated problems, akin to bandaging boils instead of bursting and treating them. Wishing problems...

Malawi: The Problem with its Proposed National ID Cards

Malawi government has been running adverts in the local press announcing its pilot phase for national identity cards. This is a plausible move given...