Employment Archives

Health workers arrested for scamming job seekers out of K600,000

Nov 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested a patient attendant at Bwaila and a nurse at Kasungu District Hospital on suspicion that they duped various individuals of K600,000. The suspects have been identified as Agness Dzumani, 35,… ...

Labor union calls for minimum wage rise in Malawi

Nov 14, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

In response to the 44% devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha, the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) is urging the Government to implement a salary increase for workers and raise minimum wage from the current… ...

Mikundi worked as a security guard at Safeguard Security Services from 1996 to 2021 when he retired. At retirement, he was only given K100,000.00 as his retirement package.

Former security guard awarded K4.8m

Nov 08, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Industrial Relations Court in Blantyre, Malawi has awarded former security guard Batumeyo Mikundi 4.8 million kwacha as his retirement package from Safeguard Security Services. Mikundi worked as a security guard at Safeguard Security Services… ...

Hard work pays: Headteacher who used personal resources to keep learners in school promoted

Nov 07, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Barely a month after Malawi24 reported about the head teacher at Mbidi Primary School in Zomba who used her personal resources to encourage learners to stay in school and improve PSLCE exam results, the headteacher… ...

Unemployed teachers, nursing officers to start joint vigils this week

Nov 07, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Unemployed nursing officers together with unemployed IPTE 13 to 17 teachers will this week start their joint vigils at Capital Hill in Lilongwe. This is according to spokesperson of the group Lucius Gerald who confirmed… ...

Truck Drivers are strike in Malawi protesting low salaries and high passport renewal fees

Truck drivers in Malawi begin strike

Oct 16, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Truck drivers in Malawi have started industrial action demanding improved salaries and reduction in passport renewal fees. The drivers have parked their trucks at Kanengo, an industrial zone in the capital city. Grey Chisale, General… ...

Chakwera expects new UNIMA graduates to be agents of positive change

Oct 11, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday presided over graduation of 360 University of Malawi (UNIMA) graduands at the Great Hall in Zomba where he expressed hope that the new graduates will be agents of change in… ...