Friday, 6 November 2026

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DPP government has made me smile on this one!

I must confess, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government has managed to put a smile on my face on this one. And, believe me, making a journalist smile at government is no small achievement. We, in the Fourth Estate, are professionally wired to raise eyebrows, ask uncomfortable questions and occasionally spoil the government’s breakfast. It is our constitutional and democratic duty to keep those in power on their toes. There is a video that went viral last week showing a rather interesting confrontation between officers from the Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) and a 60-year-old Malawian motorist, Ephraim Mbewe Malitino. The gentleman was driving what appeared to be a modern vehicle but, unfortunately, the language coming out of his mouth was not as modern a…

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