Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) officials are demanding reasons behind the delay of civil servants pay cheque this month, saying the reasons advanced by government are trivial and does not hold water. The demand for the answers by the union officials come at a time when speculation is rife that the government is broke and […]
Thousands of CCAP and Blantyre resident gathered at HHI Cemetery in Blantyre on Friday to pay their last respect to former President of the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) and evangelist Thomas Banda, who died on Thursday after battling with High Blood pressure and anemia. At exactly, 1:50 pm the body of the late Banda, who died at the age of 63 was lowered into the […]
The High in Mzuzu has ordered the newly elected executive of the Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) to stop from executing any duties, activities or deals on behalf of CSTU until the Court’s determination or order on the matter. The order of injunction granted on January 31, 2014 under miscellaneous civil cause number 14 0f […]
Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) president Elia Kamphinda Banda has expressed his intention to leave his post at the end of his tenure which is 31st December, 2013. “I am retiring from the civil service voluntarily and in line with current regulations. Government has already accepted that I can retire and my last working day […]
Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) president Eliah Kamphinda-Banda has called on government to stop providing tax holiday to foreign investors, arguing the provision has turned Malawians into tax slaves. However, Kamphinda-Banda said it’s not strange for government to heavily tax civil servants’ salaries, which were hiked by 61 percent a month ago after a week-long […]
Leaders of the Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) have strongly snubbed calls from Malawi government authorities persuading them to withdraw their plans of holding a sit in strike mid February. The CSTU President, Elia Kamphinda Banda said the strike is largely aimed to push the government to increase the workers’ salaries and improve working condition. […]
The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU), which has been pressing for a 46-percent salary hike, reacted with ease an announcement but Finance Minister Ken Lipenga that civil servants will receive an average 21-percent pay increase. In presenting the country’s $1-billion (820-million euro) budget in Parliament, Lipenga said:”Wages and salaries for civil servants are pegged at […]
Civil servants in Malawi have threatened to go on nationwide strike if Mutharika government fails to award them a percent pay rise. The public servants, through their Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU), have given Capital Hill a seven day ultimatum to revise their salaries to be consistent with the poverty datum line or face ‘winter […]