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 […]
Malawi Civil Servants Trade Union (MCSTU) President, Elia Kamphinda Banda, was last Sunday spotted at the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) political rally at Masintha Ground in Lilongwe addressed by its President, Dr Lazarus Chakwera. The vocal unionist becomes the second ‘big-fish’ activist to be associated with the oldest opposition party after Jessie Kabwila, […]
Another strike is looming in Malawi’s civil service following dissatisfaction over how government has handled the civil servant’s salary increase in the 2013/2014 budget. The Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) on Friday was forced to organise an impromptu meeting with its members at Capital Hill where the workers expressed concerns that there were not happy with the […]
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 […]
Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) president, Eliah Kamphinda-Banda has ranted at governing Peoples Party (PP) officials, Kamlepo Kalua and RevMalani Mtonga accusing them of ‘politicizing’ recent 61 percent civil servants’ pay rise. Kamphinda Banda has since asked the two to apologize for giving government especially President Joyce Banda credit for endorsing the pay increment despite […]
There was jubilation and drama at Capital Hill in Lilongwe on Friday, February 22, 2013 as civil servants cheerfully welcomed the 61 percent pay hike following the pact signed on Thursday evening between Government and Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU). When CSTU President Elia Kamphinda Banda broke the news to thousands of civil servants who […]
Malawi’s Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) and government of President Joyce Banda on Thursday night agreed a 61-percent pay hike for the lowest paid public-sector employees and a five-percent rise for high earners effective January 1 2013. CSTU president Elia Kamphinda Banda, reading a communiqué during a joint news conference with the Government Negotiating Team […]
Malawi state workers have called off a strike for higher pay that started last week after agreeing a deal with the government, their union said on Thursday. Civil servants had demanded a 65 percent pay rises. They say last year’s currency devaluation implemented by the government of Joyce Banda has caused massive price hikes. Government […]
Some government officials have accused opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) acting president Peter Mutharika of sponsoring mass strike of civil servants through their mother body, Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU). This follows some officials of CSTU claiming their president Elias Kamphinda-Banda was seen going to Peter Mutharika’s house to collect money in order to continue […]
Malawi civil servants have resolved to embark on a full-scale strike, saying they have been provoked by government’s move to ambush them in announcing that the planned stay-away against poor salaries has been called off. On Monday a media statement was released purportedly jointly written by the leadership of the Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) […]
Malawi’s Civil Servants Trade Union (CSTU) attempted two-day strike appeared to have failed on Monday, with most workers reporting for duty. However, union leaders are still pressing their demand for increased wages. Nyasa Times correspondents in Lilongwe at Capital Hill, the seat of government, say most government departments were functioning normally and that nurses were […]
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. […]
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 […]
Malawi’s civil servants have asked government to increase their wages or face a crippling public sector strike. Civil Service Trade Union (CSTU) president Eliah Kamphinda Banda has made it clear they would strike if their demand for salary increase is not addressed amid an increase in general inflation. Banda said the civil servants are getting […]