Reading Time: 3 minutesTucked away in the serene environs of the Shire Valley is a project of gigantic proportions. It takes a physical visit to the facility to appreciate the vastness of the Shire Valley Transformation Programme. Those who just hear about it through the media or other secondary sources think it is comparable in scale to the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2016, a friend of mine fell victim to an egregious trespass at his home in Manja Township, Blantyre, under the shroud of night. Villains, with nefarious intent, breached his vehicle, absconding with sundry and possessions, among them the car battery. In a display of sacrilege, they even took away some. Bibles. Thus did my

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen the British administrators ruled us during the colonial era, they literally lorded it over us, creating a huge gap between them and us. We resented colonialism because, among other things, we wanted the majority of our people to participate in the running of affairs of government and commerce. Blantyre and Lilongwe were never settler

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe recent revelation concerning a youthful Malawian’s intent to embark upon the local production of electric bulbs imparted a revitalizing vigour amidst the stifling ambiance of an economy riddled with the dearth of manufacturing endeavours, emblematic of our nation. Let me yet again state that production is the proverbial goose that lays the golden egg.

Reading Time: 3 minutesMonday of last week was a spectacular day in North America because tens of millions of people watched a total solar eclipse. An eclipse is a phenomenon characterized by the alignment of three heavenly bodies – Sun, Moon, Earth. When the Moon blocks the Sun from the Earth, it is called a solar eclipse, and

Reading Time: 3 minutesOne problem that has beset this country for a long time is inadequate foreign exchange reserves. Our currency undergoes perpetual devaluation due to the absence of adequate reserves to support its valuation against foreign currencies. Frequently, our authorities find themselves compelled to uphold an artificially inflated value of the Kwacha, relative to other currencies, in

Reading Time: 3 minutesBenjamin Carson, whom I have featured a number of times in the past ten or so years, remains one of my heroes. The African American neurosurgeon has achieved a number of firsts in his life. He was the first human being, for example, to successfully separate conjoined twins in 1987. He has since then successfully

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt the peak of the cold war, there were two Germanys – East and West. One had a market based economy, the other a communist/socialist economy. Berlin was a city shared by both Germanys. It too was portioned, by means of a brick war, into East Berlin and West Berlin. Having been trained and/or practiced

Reading Time: 3 minutesLiving at Kongwe Mission, in Dowa District, many years ago, my brother and I, both toddlers then, used to play a lot around the mission. One day my brother, who was two years younger than me, went out without me but in the company of a friend.  He came back claiming to have picked up

Reading Time: 3 minutesI was privileged to attend the memorial service of Susan Sanson, wife to Dr. Billy Sanson, the Chancellor College chaplain, which the Baptist church conducted in the Great Hall in Zomba in 2015. Many moving tributes to the departed “mother” were poured out by various speakers on that solemn afternoon. It was clear that Susan