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Tiunike Online
Sep 30, 20195 min read
Malawi at the Intersection of Morality, Politics and the Economy
The Nation on Sunday of 15 September 2019 reported the government's position relating to the fears that many had in the heated...
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Tiunike Online
Aug 6, 20195 min read
The Marxist Lining in Malawi’s Post-Election Demonstrations
Scenes of Malawi’s young women and (mainly) men looting places of business, performed in the name of a political grievance around the...
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Tiunike Online
Jul 15, 20195 min read
An Unhappy Independence: How Did Malawi Miss Her Vision?
“By the year 2020, Malawi, as a God-fearing nation, will be secure, democratically mature, environmentally sustainable, self-reliant with...
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Tiunike Online
Jun 10, 20195 min read
Is the Presidency a Win? On This and Political Trust in Malawi
Patrick Otieno Lumumba, a Kenyan lawyer more famous for his oratory on political economy in Africa than the technicalities of law, has...
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Tiunike Online
Jun 3, 20196 min read
The Ghost of John Tembo’s ‘Leader of Opposition’ Office
On 21 May 2019, two-thirds of Malawi rejected the comeback of Arthur Peter Mutharika to the presidency. However, the absurdity of a split...
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Jessica Mandanda
May 27, 20194 min read
The Pedagogy of the Malawian Voter
Oppression—overwhelming control—is necrophilic; it is nourished by love of death, not life. While life is characterized by growth in a...
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Tiunike Online
May 20, 20196 min read
Malawi’s Fate Tomorrow, In Numbers
A comment to a Nyasatimes news article that appeared last Friday, 17 May 2019, says, “Atupele likely to lead the pack with about 46% of...
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Tiunike Online
May 6, 20196 min read
Are Men of Virtue Called to Lead Malawi?
“Heroes act courageously because they believe that their course of action is the best one. To stand for truth and fairness demands...
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Jessica Mandanda
Feb 25, 20195 min read
The Value of Our Vote: Much at Stake as We Await the Vote in Malawi
T’is the Election year, the year Malawians decide the fate of their country after a questionable and quite trying five years. Highlights...
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Sarah Nayeja
Feb 18, 20195 min read
Sorry, But Not Sorry
Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima must be applauded for taking responsibility and apologising for the ruffing up of Malawi Electoral Commission...
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Tiunike Online
Feb 11, 20194 min read
My Name is Joyce Banda. Call Me Unreliable, Sometimes.
The drama, anxieties and entertainment from the presentation of nomination papers and appointments of running mates are now fizzling out....
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Tiunike Online
Jan 7, 20195 min read
A Tip for 2019: Beware the Illusion of Big Numbers!
Happy New Year to all! The long-awaited 2019 is upon us. Nothing known today will be worth reckoning more than an election whose accurate...
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Tiunike Online
Dec 24, 20185 min read
The Greatest Error of 2018: How the DPP Created Itself A Nemesis
8 December is now past. The United Transformation Movement (UTM) Party has had its elective convention and selected its torchbearer. An...
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Tiunike Online
Nov 12, 20184 min read
Rewarding Vanity: Malawi’s Political Loudmouths are Not Going Anywhere
It’s 2018, and one would think our politics ought to have grown up a little. This website has twice written about how our politics...
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Habiba Rezwana Osman
Sep 10, 20185 min read
Children and Politics - Are Rallies Harmful to our Children who Patronize Them?
This article represents the views of the author and not of any other institution or person. A little more than week ago, I was on a ZBS...
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Tiunike Online
Jul 30, 20185 min read
A Peek Behind the Masintha and Njamba Excitement
It’s safe now to say the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has more contenders to fear beyond the threat the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)...
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Tiunike Online
Jul 9, 20185 min read
Has Malawi’s Independence only liberated us into instruments of the ballot?
Written in commemoration of Malawi's 54th Independence In the inevitable discourse on Malawi’s state of maturity as an independent...
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Tiunike Online
Jun 11, 20185 min read
The Flipside of Malawi’s Educated Elites
5 June 2018, a Tuesday Peter Mutharika promised Malawi would sublime into European-like infrastructural marvel and standards of living,...
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Habiba Rezwana Osman
May 28, 20185 min read
2019 Elections Must Be Different for Malawi
Malawians remain on the fence insofar as politics is concerned. The craving to challenge the status quo is almost inexistent, and the...
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Tiunike Online
May 21, 20186 min read
Too Much Governance for Too Little Local Development
Early 2013, there was an outcry at Lunjika, Mzimba District. A Member of Parliament in one constituency had decided to apportion much of...
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