Slowness by government in creating job opportunity to its citizenry, has virtually forced some vulnerable individuals to “just” delve into bicycle cycling trade widely known as “Kabaza” by carrying passengers “to” and “fro” on a small fee, as means of survival. Government has since confirmed their existence saying mechanism measures are already in place on […]
Minister of Labour and Manpower Development, Henry Mussa says Government designated the labour sector as a strategic and priority area to champion job creation and skills development. Mussa said government decided to embark on the initiative considering that a skilled labour force contributes to economic growth and improved living standards of the whole nation. “The […]
Minister of Labour and Manpower Development Henry Mussa has expressed Government commitment in creating more jobs for the youths. Mussa was speaking in Lilongwe when he was launching Technical Entrepreneurial and vocational Education and Training (Teveta) revised policy and dissemination workshop. He said government understand that Teveta is the most powerful tool in the improvement […]
Malawi continues to face a lot of social, political and economic challenges in its twenty years of democracy. One major challenge is that of growing unemployment, which is mostly evident among the country’s youth. The escalating body of qualified unemployed and increasingly underqualified unemployable young people continues to place a substantial burden on an already […]
In the 80s the word democracy was not freely used in many African countries, most of whom were under autocratic rule. It was not acceptable in society and it attracted a fear of being reprimanded by a strategic and unquestionable government machine that set the principles and guidelines for how people should behave. A few […]
“Everyone is talking about crime, tell me who are the criminals…” ~ Peter Tosh Growing insecurity in Malawi and efforts by the country’s security services to bring it under control has dominated the local new media headlines and public discourse in the recent weeks. President Peter Mutharika has declared “war on crime” and the security […]
An online recruitment site to provide a platform for free job advertising to companies and free job searching service to all job seekers for Malawi ‘Myjobo.com’ has been launched,. According to Geoffrey Banda, the Operations Director for Myjobo.com, the offers “a wealth of benefits outside formal jobs. We call this Jobonology.” Banda explained that as […]
An online facility to promote employment opportunities for Malawians has been launched. The website, Jobsinmalawi.net is an online recruiting tool to help jobseekers, especially the youth, to have access to, and employers will send vacancies or search for candidates. Gift Chikola, Managing Consultant of the jobsite said the platform as will help save people the […]
Malawi has made some “remarkable” strides towards meeting recommended social protection measures aimed at providing support and assistance to poor household families, a senior government official said. The recommended social protection instruments include social cash transfer programmes to enhance family income; public employment programmes, such as public works programme; social health protection that ensures access […]
Malawians being recruited to work as cleaners and taxi drivers in the Middle Eastern Country of Qatar and United Arab Emirates (UAE) risk of being abused and exploited there, if the findings of the Amnesty International are anything to go by. The Amnesty has issued a report revealing, among others, abuse of migrant workers in […]
A civil rights activist has asked Malawi government to apologise to the nation following revelations that Lilongwe did not sign an agreement with South Korea on the controversial labour export deal. Habiba Osman told Nyasa Times that Minister of Labour Eunice Makangala or any government officials should make a public apology over the issues. “Someone […]
The story that governments of Malawi had struck a deal South Korea to export labour turned that it was yet another pack of lies and deceit. If there’s any truth in it then it probably lays somewhere between the government of Malawi’s claim that it was a done deal and South Korea’s denial of such […]
Head of an NGO National League for Democracy and Development, Billy Mayaya has called for Minister of Labour Eunice Makangala to resign following revelations that Lilongwe did not sign an agreement with South Korea on the controversial labour export. Makangala have been telling the country that South Korea agreed to employ 100, 000 Malawians. But […]
Barely a week after it was revealed that Malawi had no formal agreement to export labour to South Korea, the government has been thrown off balance by last minute indefinite suspension of exportation of labour to Kuwait, it has been reported. The development, according to The Sunday Times, follows a sudden change to conditions for […]
Malawi government has maintained that it agreed to enter into a pact with the government of South Korea to allow up to 100,000 Malawian youth to work in the Asian economic powerhouse. Director at the Africa Division of South Korea’s foreign affairs ministry in Seoul, Moon Sung Hwan told Bloomberg on Friday that Seoul currently […]
South Korea’s government has denied that it agreed with the Malawian government to receive as many tens of thousands of jobless youths to work in the Asian nation’s factories and farms. The Malawi Labour Minister Eunice Makangala told Parliament that PresidentJoyce Banda, struck the deal to export up to 100,000 young workers during a visit […]
Minister of Labour Eunice Makangala said the South Korea labour export under the youth job creation initiative of Joyce Banda’s administration to reduce poverty in Malawi has started and is set to target 100,000 youths country wide. “The whole programme will target 100,000 youths between the age range of 18 and 25. Right now we […]
Every Malawian going to work in South Korea will be receiving K450 000 per month including free house, electricity and some basic necessities, according to Jimmy Bauleni Manna who is People’s Party (PP) Party’s Deputy Director of Youth Affairs. Malawi intends to export labour to South Korea and Middle Eastern countries Dubai and Kuwait to […]