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MCTU, ECAM Backs Government Minimum Wage Review
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Government, employers and workers' representatives have defended the recently gazetted minimum wage, describing it as a...
Inside Malawi’s maternity waiting homes: the hidden use of labour -inducing herbs.
<div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Expecta...
Informal sector defies labor laws, hundreds trapped in labor exploitation
An inquiry conducted in the Lakeshore district of Nkhotakota shows that many employees in small businesses (informal sector) continue to earn below the statutory minimum wage of 105 thousand kwacha per month as per newly gazette minimum wage which came into effect on 1st June, 2025, leaving them ...
Restoring dignity: Nkhotakota opens first fistula ward for women
Nkhotakota District Hospital, located at the Boma of Malawi’s lakeshore district of Nkhotakota, serves more than 20,000 people referred from government health centers and mission hospitals across the district. Inside the hospital, there is a special waiting area, locally known as “Kodikilira”,...
ECAMA commends MPC decision to maintain policy rate
The Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) has commended the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)’s decision to maintain the policy rate which is currently at 26%, citing persistently high inflation and ongoing risks, including food shortages. Speaking on Monday during the fourth 2025 Monetary P...
Making Malawi’s Music Scene Safe for Women
In Malawi’s music scene, women are creating beats, breaking records and inspiring audiences but online abuse threatens to silence their voices. From Cyberbullying and body shaming to threats and defamation, female artists face attacks that target their identity rather than their talent. Y...
WOMEN PIONEERING THE 2025 ELECTION
For decades, Malawian politics has remained a male-dominated field and according to the Malawi Electoral Commission, only three women have appeared on the presidential ballot in Malawi’s democratic history: Loveness Gondwe in 2009, Dr. Joyce Banda in 2014 and the late Abusa Helen Singh also in 20...
Deep Diving into The Only Female Presidential Aspirant: Joyce Banda’s Bold Return
Malawi’s former President who is also the President for People's Party (PP), Dr. Joyce Banda became the second aspiring presidential candidate to launch her 2025 party’s manifesto under the theme: Restoring, Transforming, and Re-energizing Malawi, at the event held at Crossroads hotel in Lilongwe...