Month: March 2022 Posts

Labour Ministry seeks to address sexual harassment in Malawi tea sector

Mar 28, 2022 Chris Loka 0 &

Minister of Labour Vera Kamtukule visited Tea Association of Malawi Offices in Blantyre where she stressed government’s determination to address issues of sexual harassment and child labour in the tea sector. Speaking in an interview,… ...

UK appeal court rules in favour of Malawian women in rape case

Mar 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The England and Wales Court of Appeal has rejected agribusiness giant PGI’s bid for permission to appeal in a case in which 31 Malawian women want compensation for alleged rape, sexual assault and harassment at… ...

CDEDI wants Malawi Parliament to investigate estate owners

Nov 30, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has appealed to Malawi Parliament to investigate tea, coffee and Macademia nuts producers in Thyolo and Mulanje, saying the estate owners do not disclose their proceeds… ...

Smallholder growers cry foul over tea price

Apr 29, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Smallholder tea growers in Thyolo have complained over low price of tea, saying the price has been stuck at K121 per kilograms for over four years and they are not benefitting while tea estate owners… ...

Malawians tussle with government over tea estate land

Dec 08, 2015 Martha Chikoti 37 &

Concerned residents in Thyolo and Mulanje districts have expressed worry over Malawi government's failure to address the issue of the estate land which is currently owned by colonialists. Recently, government assured the residents that it… ...