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Mist over civil servants pay hike
With Parliament in session to debate and pass the estimated K900 billion (US$2.1 billion) 2015/16 National Budget, the Government Negotiating…
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Malawi govt to meet Cham workers’ demands, K1bn in arrears
Barely hours after health workers in the Christian Health Association of Malawi (Cham) institutions downed tools to force the Treasury…
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Parliament staff reject 18% pay hike offer
Parliament Secretariat staff yesterday disrupted business on the second day of the Mid-Term Budget Review meeting when they staged a…
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Judiciary gears up to strike again
Feel short-changed after deal with govt Barely a month after returning to work following their two months strike that paralysed…
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Obey court orders during strike—Judge
Zomba-based High Court Judge Redson Kapindu has ordered the Malawi Police Service (MPS) to obey court orders granted during the…
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ACB staff defy call to resume work
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu yesterday refused to resume work while some of their…
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APM reverses ACB seal order
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday reversed an earlier order that sealed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) offices nationwide amid a strike by staff…
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Work or no pay, Goodall tells ACB
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has told striking staff at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to resume…
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More trouble, ACB closed
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday lived up to their threat and staged a nationwide sit-in after rejecting…
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Police stop Chanco demos
Police in Zomba yesterday stopped Chancellor College students from going to the streets for protests to push government to increase…
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UNIMA support staff down tools, demands 45% pay rise
Support staff at the University of Malawi (Unima), which comprises Chancellor College, the Polytechnic and College of Medicine on Thursday…
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Parliament rejects govt pay offer
As the public sector salary hike demand craze spreads like wildfire, employees of Parliament Secretariat have rejected government’s proposed increment…
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Strikes at water boards prohibited, says govt
Secretary for Labour and Manpower Development Patrick Kabambe has said industrial action at water boards is prohibited because they fall…
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MCTU urges govt to act on Judiciary strike
Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) says it expects President Peter Mutharika to come up with measures to end the…
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ACB staff issue 7-day ultimatum, to go on strike Dec 8
It never rains, but pours for the Peter Mutharika administration. Whereas the Judiciary staff impasse is yet to be addressed,…
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Goodall speaks on Judiciary strikes
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has weighed in on the ongoing Judiciary strike and categorically stated…
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Judiciary shutdown irks CSOs
Civic and Political Space Platform and CCAP Synod of Livingstonia Church and Society Programme have asked government to quickly find…
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Judiciary rejects salary hike offer
The Malawi Judiciary support staff has rejected a proposed salary increment from government and has since demanded between 17 and…
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Judiciary strike hits police hard—IG
Inspector General (IG) of Police Lot Dzonzi has admitted that the ongoing strike by Judiciary support staff has hit the…
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Country in crisis: Irate pupils march, block roads in Blantyre
The social upheaval that comes with economic hardships reared its ugly head yesterday as primary school pupils—some as young as…
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