By Henry Kachaje “Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.” “But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, “Why wasn’t […]
By Peter Machilika Sexually Transmitted Grades(STGs) is a common term in the corridors of public universities in Malawi. My four year journey through the university has made me to realize that most lecturers take advantage of the girls since they have the power to form and administer exams as well as marking the same. Stories […]
BY JACK BANDA Malawians, especially those that did not vote need to say thank you to APM and the DPP cadets. The choice and the support that was given to the current VP was worth it. The worse case scenario would have been us having Mia as our VP. That would have been disaster. Very […]
BY JACK BANDA APM says, demonstrations are a right. His government has not stopped them. People should protest when they feel like it. He however doesn’t agree with violence and the destruction of property and violating other people’s rights in the name of demonstrations. He also doesn’t agree that the right to demonstrate is absolute. […]
BY MZATI NKOLOKOSA The story about “bomb scare” at a meeting between the Attorney General and HRDC has confirmed, again, that journalism at Times Group, is dying. Or is dead and is being buried. Malawi News of 31 August 2019 carried a story titled “Bomb Scare at AG, HRDC Meet.” The intro reads as follows: […]
OPINION: Written By: T. Philip Majiga Only a few are thinking straight regarding the undesirable political climate Malawi finds herself in at 55. Young people, illusioned by unrealistic and exaggerated tales of charismatic politicians, have rampaged the country destroying the very insufficient public and private infrastructure that employ them. Their dreams are shattered due to […]
The Raphael Tenthani Series—an initiative by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at The Polytechnic says the initiative is on good course following the launch in June 2018. Series coordinator, Temwani Mgunda said since the launch of Raphael Tenthani monthly series the department has so far held about 8 sessions. Mgunda said the initiative […]
BY MZATI NKOLOKOSA Three people were killed for being suspected blood suckers in T/A Mabuka’s area in Mulanje on Saturday, 16 September, 2017. A day before the Mulanje incident, two ambulances had been forcibly stopped and its drivers and passengers attacked for being suspected blood suckers in Phalombe. Reports of the two incidents were the […]
BY MZATI NKOLOKOSA Decades ago, Nkhoma Synod of the CCAP trained Lazarus Chakwera into ministry. But on completion of his training, Chakwera abandoned the CCAP and joined the Assemblies of God Church. His reason was that baptism of babies practiced in the CCAP was not biblical. He wanted a church founded on the Bible. Chakwera […]
Outgoing MCP President Lazarus Chakwera has been caught pants down trying to cover up the evils that Malawi Congress Party youths have been doing in acts of petrol bombing. In his misguided statement he has alleged that cadets are responsible for misfortunes met by MCP and its officials. This is being said before he receives […]