Malawi runaway inflation soars to 35 percent
Malawi’s year-on-year inflation for December hit 34.6 percent, a 1.3 percentage points increase from the previous month’s 33.3 percent, but 13.7 percentage points higher than that of December 2011, the National Statistical Office (NSO) indicated on Wednesday.
The NSO Stats Flash shows that Malawi closed the year with an annual average inflation rate of 21.3 percent, a 2.9 percentage points way off the target of...
Civil Society gives JB 30 days to publicise 20 July commission of inquiry findings
Members of the civil Society in Malawi on Friday petitioned President Joyce Banda to address several issues surrounding the July 20 pro-democracy protests.
The rights campaigners want President Banda to declare the day a public holiday as a dignified way of remembering the victims of the pro-democracy protests..
They also want Banda to make findings of the July 20 commission of inquiry public within 30...
Malawi gives civil servants 21 percent pay rise
Malawi's civil servants will receive an average 21-percent pay increase, the finance minister said Friday in presenting the country's $1-billion (820-million euro) budget.
"Wages and salaries for civil servants are pegged at 86.8 billion kwacha ($340 million, 270 million euro). With this provision, government will be able to restructure salaries for civil servants by an average of 21 percent which is above projected inflation,"...
CSO Leaders Urge Government to Begin Good Governance
Civil Society Organizations advises the current administration on how to administer the country properly.
At a press conference in Lilongwe, CSO leaders urged the government to engage with donors in order to resume international aid among other things.
The CSO leaders led by Human Rights Consultative Comittee member Rogers Newa told journalists that the current administration has to tread carefully in managing bilateral and multi-lateral...
