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BOOK REVIEW : IDEAL TEAM PLAYER (PATRICK LENCIONI)

Bright Limani The Catholic University of Malawi Faculty of Commerce Department of Human Resource Management Every employee is expected to be a team player, as in contemporary societies, team effort is...

Aligning Testing with Teaching and Learning: Reflections on the Dehumanization that Standardized Testing Brings

Fr. Dr. Benedict Dada Zele The Catholic University of Malawi Faculty of Education The basic argument of this article is that for healthy educational environments, testing must match with teaching and...

Conflict Analysis Report: Democratic Progressive Party

Chimwemwe Kandodo Political Science Department, The Catholic University of Malawi 2 significant development initiatives, including the construction of key infrastructure. Arguably,the DPP under...

Clarifying the confusion: Natural Hazard to Disaster

Dr. Isaac Kadono Mwalwimba Centre for Environmental Affairs, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies The Catholic University of Malawi. Do you know that there is a significant confusion in...

Early Warning Systems in Urban Malawi: A Review of Opportunities and Challenges

Dr. Isaac Kadono Mwalwimba. Centre for Environmental Affairs, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, The Catholic University of Malawi. Early warning systems (EWSs) save lives...

Curriculum innovation: a promising solution to evolving education NEEDS

Anaclate Josen Basic Sciences Department, The Catholic University of Malawi Commentary on the Workshop on Curriculum Innovation organized for the CUNIMA Academic Members of Staff Insanity is doing the...

Are There Silent Voices or Is There a Deaf World?

On the Ontological Nature of Voicelessness Father Benedict Dada Zele Department of Education, The Catholic University of Malawi It is not uncommon to hear reformers, civil rights activists, and change...

Lost in Translation: MANEB’s MOB JUSTICE on Candidates and Teachers of English

In a baffling turn of events, the Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has unleashed its own form of “Mob Justice” on unsuspecting candidates and teachers of English alike. By...

RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR’S INFLUENCE ON FOOD SECURITY IN MALAWI AND ON ISSUES ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST 10–YEAR Mw2063 AGENDA

INTRODUCTIONThe war between Russia and Ukraine which started on 24th February, 2022 is feared by almost all countries that it is and will continue to destabilize the economies of the world because of...

A NATION IN RED: WHY (ALMOST) ALL MALAWIANS ARE ANGRY

The President is angry: angry at bureaucrats bent on sabotaging his Hi-Five agenda; angry at his subordinates who sit and wait for someone to tell them what to do – waiting, waiting, waiting; angry at...

Review of “Pandemics, Politics, and Governance: Contestations over State Management of Covid-19 in Malawi”

Chapter review by Rodwell Katundu Chapter 14 – Pandemics, Politics, and Governance: Contestations over State Management of Covid-19 in Malawi, by Bryson Gwiyani Nkhoma, Gift Wasambo Kayira, and...

Review of “Rights Without Responsibility: Governance Crisis in the Management of Natural Resources in Malawi”

Chapter review by Rodwell Katundu Chapter 13 – Rights Without Responsibility: Governance Crisis in the Management of Natural Resources in Malawi, by Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu (pp. 306 – 323)...

Review of “Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Nation-Building Challenges in the post-1994 Malawi: Whither a Federal State System”

Chapter review by Sainala Kalebe Chapter 12 – Ethnicity, Regionalism, and Nation-Building Challenges in the post-1994 Malawi: Whither a Federal State System, by Gift Wasambo Kayira and Paul...

Review of “50-50 Campaigns- Lessons from 10 years of promotion of gender equality and women’s representation in Parliament”

Chapter review by Sainala Kalebe Chapter 11 – 50-50 Campaigns- Lessons from 10 years of promotion of gender equality and women’s representation in Parliament, by Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza (pp...

Review of “Executive Supremacy and the Armed Forces, A case Study of Public Finance Management in Malawi”

Chapter review by Sainala Kalebe Chapter 10 – Executive Supremacy and the Armed Forces, A case Study of Public Finance Management in Malawi, by Mphatso Jones Boti Phiri (pp. 242 – 255) The...

Review of “Guarding the Guardians: Auditing Security Sector Governance in Malawi”

Chapter Review by Benson Makhuyula Chapter 9: “Guarding the Guardians: Auditing Security Sector Governance in Malawi,” by Dan Kuwali (pp. 220 – 241) In this book chapter, Dan Kuwali...

Review of “Malawi’s Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary”

Chapter review by Rodwell Katundu Review of Chapter 7: “Malawi’s Choice of Electoral System and Reform Agenda Quandary,” by Earnest Thindwa (pp. 171 – 196)  This chapter is...

Review of “Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers”

Chapter review by Sainala Kalebe Chapter 6 -Violence against Women in Elections in Malawi: The Role of Women Leaders as Game Changers, by Anthony Jeckson Malunga, Ngcimezile Mbano-Mweso and Bernadette...

Review of Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation, Demonstration and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi

Chapter review by Mr. Rodwell Katundu Trust in Election Management Bodies, Participation, Demonstration and Willingness to Pay Taxes: Evidence from Malawi, by Martin Limbikani Mwale, Gowokani Chijere...

Review of Beyond Impunity: New Directions for Governance in Malawi

Review of Beyond Impunity: New Directions for Governance in Malawi, edited by Kenneth R. Ross, Asiyati L. Chiweza, and Wapulumuka O. Mulwafu, University of Cape Town Press & Mzuni Press, 2022; pp...

Robert Beaton, Victory over fear: Charms, Witchcraft and World views in South- Central Malawi, vol. 2: Towards a Biblical response: Word, Spirit and Pedagogy in Context, Kachere Press, Zomba, 2021, 324pp, ISBN 9789996025488

Reviewed by Comfort Musongole Pastor Robert Beaton (PhD) is a missionary, preacher, and theological trainer. In this book, he carries out an ethnographical study to identify the worldviews that...

Robert Beaton, Victory over fear: Charms, Witchcraft and World views in South- Central Malawi, vol. 1: Charm dependency in Zambezi Evangelical Churches – Overview, anthology and worldviews, Kachere Press, Zomba, 2021, 338pp, ISBN 9789996025402

Reviewed by Anthony Mtuta The book is about the author’s search for an adequate understanding of the practice of what the author calls charm-use among the Christians of the Zambezi Evangelical...

PUBLISHING THE LEAN STARTUP WAY

In 2015, while serving as an assistant priest at Matero (a high-density suburb in Zambia) I wrote less than fifty pages of reflections on biblical mothers whose faith stories I thought would inspire...

THE LAST ‘TENANTS OF THE CROWN’ IN MALAWI: A BRIEF ON THE STATUS OF FREEHOLD LAND IN THE LAND AMENDMENT ACT 2022

Between 25thMarch 2022 and 1st April 2022 Parliament passed amendments to six land-related Bills to revise the legislation enacted in 2016. The amendments comprise the Land Amendment Act, the...

THERE IS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO CONSULT EMPLOYEES DURING RETRENCHMENT: A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF FIRST MERCHANT BANK VS EISENHOWER MKAKA & OTHERS

ABSTRACT In First Merchant Bank v Eisenhower Mkaka& Others,the Supreme Court ruled that in terms of section 57(2) of the Employment Act there is no legal obligation for the employer to consult...

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The Catholic University of Malawi is a fast-growing institution of higher learning accredited by the National Council for Higher Education to offer Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates. It was established by the Episcopal Conference of Malawi on October 16, 2004, and officially opened its doors in 2006.

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