With the devaluation of the kwacha in 2023, policymakers should take pragmatic decisions and steps to generate more foreign currency and buy from locals to avoid draining the foreign currency reserves. However, this is not the case lately. Over half a decade has passed since August 2017 when the Ministry of Finance gazetted a law
Since I was elected Mayor by the voters of Eagle Nest, those who were defeated have been on a concerted, non-stop campaign to usurp the will of the people by
Malawi is one of the world’s least developed countries with more than half of its population living below the poverty line and a quarter stuck in extreme poverty. Efforts to reduce poverty have not produced desirable results partly due to rapid population growth. The country is a struggling developing economy with a narrow industrial base
In June 2020, Malawians elected President Lazarus Chakwera whose Tonse Alliance promised a better Malawi for everyone. The court-ordered election followed a streak of anti-regime protests branded citizen marches for electoral justice. The protests convened by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition represented a wave of chance amid public displeasure with the presidential election nullified by
Secrecy, along with misinformation and disinformation, is the one tool that successive Malawi governments have used to control public opinion, giving the leaders a leeway to make weird decisions that have sometimes immobilised the nation. For some time now, citizens have called for openness on the abuse and murder of persons with albinism but executively