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Media Freedoms Should not be at the Mercy of Politicians0
- Africa, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression, Governance, Malawi
- 21.11.2018.
I am… for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or criticisms, just or unjust, of our citizens against the conduct of their agents.” Thomas Jefferson It is always good when politicians pledge their commitment to protect media freedoms, especially in
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Leadership is Not About Age0
- Democracy, Development, Elections, Malawi, Politics
- 11.07.2018.
Youthful Vice President Hon Chilima and President Mutharika One of the recurring issues on Malawi’s political scene, at least from 2014 is the issue of youth leadership. Youthful Atupele Muluzi contested on this agenda in 2014 elections and finished a distant fourth in an election won by the oldest candidate on the ballot, Peter
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Age Isn’t a Problem, Malawi Needs to Move Away from Personality Politics0
- Democracy, Development, Elections, Governance, Malawi, Politics
- 20.06.2018.
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 about politicians always positioning themselves for top government and public positions where the bounties of this peaceful country are shared, away from the majority of its citizens who have to grapple
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Joyce Banda’s Return and the Unstable Nature of Malawi Politics0
After almost four years away, former president Joyce Banda finally returned to Malawi on 28 April 2018, stepping on home soil for the first time since she lost the 2014 elections. Since her homecoming, she has been quick to criticise the current government, but has remained vague on her next steps, simply emphasising that “this
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Understanding “Fake News” and Internet Shutdowns in Africa0
- Africa, culture, Democracy, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Malawi, Social Media
- 09.10.2017.
PhotoCredit : BBC Africa In 2016 after attending my first Re:publica, a techie conference in Berlin, I wrote of a need for Africa to have what I called a “collective thinking space” where like-minded actors on the African continent would converge to share ideas and inspire each other. The Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa, 2017 (FIFAfrica17) just
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Malawi – 56 Years After Dunduzu K. Chisiza’s “Realities of African Independence”0
- Democracy, Governance, Malawi, Politics
- 28.07.2017.
“Vindictiveness directed at the opposition parties has its nemesis when tables are turned – not to mention the adverse effect of the resultant strife on economic development.” Dunduzu Kaluli Chisiza In his futuristic 1961 book “Realities of African Independence”, Dunduzu Kaluli Chisiza envisioned some of the problems that newly independent African States would face. He
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Alcohol and Mental Health in Malawi0
- Malawi, Mental Health
- 05.07.2017.
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 to random chats on social media one wonders how the inhabitants of this peaceful beautiful country get-by day-by-day. The problem is, as I have argued before, because Malawi leaders always opt
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Malawi’s plans for major electoral reform are way overdue0
Malawi is set for a major overhaul of its winner-takes-all electoral system with far-reaching implications for the country, if ongoing efforts to reform the system bear fruit. Any changes in the voting system will represent the biggest overhaul of the country’s electoral system since it became a multiparty state in the mid 1990s. This followed
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Fake News is about Journalism, Not Social Media0
- Africa, Freedom of Expression, Journalism, Malawi, Media, Press Freedom
- 13.03.2017.
The BBC recently had their Africa debate in Blantyre, Malawi. The debate was on whether “journalism in Africa is threatened by fake news”. The BBC said they had the debate in Malawi because Malawians are keen and royal listeners of BBC World Service. What came out clearly in the course of the debate was that
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