Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen an extraordinary son of a carpenter from Nazareth called his followers two thousand years ago, he did not promise them the Moon. His message was very simple: “I will make you fishers of men”. In one case he even issued the warning that “foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe commemorate Kamuzu Day today in honour of the founding father of this nation. Not only was Kamuzu a true Malawian, contrary to what some would have us believe, but he was the architect of the nation. There was no country called Malawi before Kamuzu came back home from a 40-year sojourn in the white

Reading Time: 3 minutesThat we have daunting economic problems in Malawi is well documented and needs no further elaboration. Almost all our economic indicators – foreign exchange rates, interest rates, inflation rates – are critically unfavourable. And there is no indication that they will take a swing any time soon. When I last checked, the Kwacha rate to

Reading Time: 3 minutesI got some information a few years ago to the effect that he started his journey to economic prominence with cattle rearing, slaughtering them and selling the beef. I have never verified this but whatever it is that launched Mr. Khondowe into the sparsely populated league of Malawian well to do people must have been

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough I am not a fanatic of sports, I do follow, with keen interest, the developments in the sports space. I was recently pleasantly surprised to learn that our own Salima Secondary had grabbed a bronze medal at a recent continental tournament. This news coming, as it did, on the heels of the departure of

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is a very special day for Christians throughout the world, a day on which the resurrection of Jesus Christ is commemorated. This is either the most extraordinary event in human history or the most ridiculously absurd story ever told, depending on whether you believe it or trash it. I have met people with both

Reading Time: 3 minutesI was once deeply saddened to see maize crops weltering by the shores of Lake Malombe. Drought had taken its toll that year, but these crops were not like other crops in the country. They were so close to a huge water body. It only required some innovation to bring the water to the crops

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf we just managed to do half of the things we talk about in Malawi, we would be a great economy and a great society. As they say, talk is cheap. It is unfortunate that we often do not match our talk with appropriate action. There are two sides to this issue. The first side

Reading Time: 3 minutesMany people have accomplished great things in circumstances that were least likely to enable them achieve such exploits. If and when the rural electrification program gets to Masitala Village in Kasungu district, the implementers of that program will find the village already electrified, courtesy of one William Kamkwamba. In 2002 William, a school drop out

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday’s society is very intolerant of underperformance by those in leadership, as it is of leadership’s failure to deliver what they ought to deliver. They are even more intolerant of any acts of impunity from the leadership or from those that hold public office. Sharp criticism of leaders is always in the air. Yes, it