Tag: Charles Kumchenga

TUM urged newly-formed Teachers TCM to stop threatening teachers with disbarment

Published on March 28, 2024 by Victoria Manjolo

Teachers Union of Malawi urged the newly-formed Teachers Council of Malawi (TCM) to stop threatening teachers with disbarment if they […]

Chakwera appeals to companies to re-employ retrenched workers

Published on May 3, 2022 by Robert Ngwira

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has called on companies and organizations who retrenched some of their workers, or reduced their salaries […]

MCTU TO Seek Audience With Govt Over 900 000 Job Creation Claim

Published on February 10, 2022 by Flora Mitumba

As pressure continues to mount on government over President Lazarus Chakwera’s claim that his government has managed to create 997, […]

CHRR Asks Chakwera Not To Assent To Labour Relations Amendment Bill

Published on July 9, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

Executive Director for Center for Human Rights Rehabilitation Michael Kaiyatsa has called on President Lazarus Chakwera not to assent to […]

TUM yet to receive feedback from govt on risk allowances

Published on September 18, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

The Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) indicates that it has not received any feedback from the government on its demand […]

Teachers To Send Back Students Not Complying to Covid-19 Measures

Published on September 11, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Teachers in the country insist they will keep sending back home students who are not complying with set Covid-19 preventative […]

TUM asks gvt to pay risk allowances as schools are near to open

Published on June 10, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has appealed to government to consider paying them risk allowances as schools are expected to […]

TUM Faulted for Being Passive on Re-opening Schools Issue

Published on May 21, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Teachers’ Union o Malawi (TUM) has been faulted for being passive on the debate about re-opening of schools in the […]

Teachers Plead With Govt to Re-open Schools

Published on May 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Teachers Association of Malawi (TUM) has said there is a need for government to consider re-opening of schools in the […]

TUM calls off teachers strike

Published on January 24, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has suspended the national wide sit-in teachers were holding over delayed 2019 December salaries. This […]

Teachers December Salaries In, Govt Confirms

Published on January 23, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Teachers in the country can now breathe a sigh of relief as some of them have now started receiving their […]

TUM Demands 18% Pay Increment, Improved Working Environment

Published on September 13, 2019 by Flora Mitumba

As legislators are deliberating the 2019/20 budget, Teachers Union of Malawi has demanded a pay increment of 18 percent, promotions, […]

MANEB suspends medical test policy for exam markers

Published on March 1, 2019 by Robert Ngwira

The Malawi National Examinations Board (MANEB) has temporarily suspended the medical test policy for markers it wants to introduce following […]

Teachers Union of Malawi distanced itself from virgil

Published on January 10, 2019 by Face of Malawi

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has distanced itself from the Virgil which some of teachers are staging at Capital Hill […]

Teachers’ strike on next week

Published on July 3, 2018 by Face of Malawi

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has announced that teachers in the country will go on strike starting on Monday. In […]

Teachers threaten for another national wide strike in August

Published on July 14, 2017 by Robert Ngwira

Teachers across the country have threatened for another national wide strike in September over failure by Malawi National Examination Board […]

Teachers threaten to hold national wide strike over unpaid leave grants

Published on May 24, 2017 by Robert Ngwira

Teachers in public primary and secondary schools across the country have threatened to hold a national wide strike over unpaid […]