Malawi Congress of Trade Union (MCTU), the mother body of trade unions in the country, has said that the January consumer strike being organised by the Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) will be one of the issues to be discussed when the union leaders meet President Joyce Banda. MCTU Secretary General Pontius Kalichero told the […]
Outspoken consumer rights advocate and human rights activist John Kapito is accusing Malawi Bureau of Standards of being weak and negligent in ensuring that products from Southern Bottlers (SOBO) are meeting the standards before they are sold to the people. Kapito, who is the Executive Director for the Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA, was reacting […]
The Public Affairs Committee (Pac), multi-faith pressure group, has supported the move by Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) to hold national-wide demonstration in protest against President Joyce Banda’s administration failure to address current economic challenges. Cama joined by Council for Non Governmental Organizations in Malawi (Congoma) are planning to hold demonstrations next year if the […]
The Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) is condemning “in strongest terms” shop owners who are forcing customers to surrender hand bags at the reception or counters when they want to purchase goods. CAMA’s Executive Director John Kapito describes the practice as not only unethical and abusive but also demeaning especially to women. “While we may […]
Listening to Mr. John Kapito on the famous Zodiak’s ‘Tiuzeni Zoona’ programme on Sunday afternoon, he sounded a very angry man. Mr. Kapito, the all powerful and only Chairman of Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) for decades now, alleged during the programme, the People’s Party (PP) Government, led by President Joyce Banda, had failed the […]
State House says Consumers Association of Malawi (CAMA) ‘life’ chairman, John Kapito, “jobless” after he was dropped from the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC), is so bitter with President Joyce Banda and her administration thereby launching a denigration campaign against the President over the issue of devaluation. In the wake of recent industrial action by […]
There is increasing uneasiness among Malawians as there are fears fuel prices is likely to go up, a mid-week business paper has reported. The Business Times quoted finance minister Dr. Ken Lipenga as saying fuel prices adjustment is imminent as government would want to factor in the vehicle licence fee previously paid through the Road […]
While the general public and some business have been through hell in the past year, banks in Malawi have raked in huge profits in the year 2011 based on the annual financial results released last week by banks. Among these are Standard Bank, which has achieved an after tax profit of K3.5 billion from K2.4 […]
The British Department for International Development (DfID) says it has decided to withdraw £50,000 from the Energy Server Light bulb Programme following the unexpected revocation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government of Malawi and the Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA). CAMA was selected by the Government to prepare and implement a marketing […]
Experts have said Malawi is moving a step forward and miles backwards in policies meant to stabilise the economy one of them being financial inclusion. This is coming just few days after Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga reported to Parliament that government had made headway to include those in need of banking services through Financial […]
With the worsening economic situation that is tightly gripping Malawi, members of the civil society have sounded an SOS to government for an intervention on widespread commodity price hikes and hoarding of vital products. This is coming barely a day after a conclusion of the IMF mission to Malawi that came two weeks ago to […]
Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has increased rent by 10 percent. Corporate secretary for MHC , Welling Kazembe, said rental hike has been approved by government on condition that MHC renovates the houses to make them habitable. He described the rent adjustment as modest. But Consumer watchdog argued that the houses were in bad condition and […]
By Nyasa Times Reporter Protea Ryalls Hotel in the commercial city of Blantyre has been named s the top hotel in Malawi. Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture which handling the new star grading system said they have given Ryalls Hotel a four star status. Apart from star grading with one to five stars, the […]