SA documentary begs tears and questions over mining governance

      The composition of the audience inside the auditorium told a story. Stories, rather. The documentary itself, told more than a story. Zilanie Nyundo, a socialite, gender activist and media practitioner simply described it as moving. Many were reduced to speechlessness. Others mumbled. Others were reduced to tears. Yet, this was not just…

MSB sale proves cashgate was no watershed in graft fight

  One of the opposition lawmakers last week described the on-going sale of state asset, the Malawi Savings Bank as a heinous crime. Who else can put it more eloquently? And this flesh episode just opens old wounds. If the allegations and rumors on the real reasons why the bank is been sold are true,…

Disappearing emotion paves way for Bingu portrait’s clarity

At the time former Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika was entered in his grave at his beloved Ndata Farm in Thyolo district, I struggled with my conscience over what could be an honest memory of this national patriarch. Dramatic events in the aftermath of Bingu’s death didn’t help matters either. The man’s character especially in…