The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa: www.ituc-africa.org) expresses grave concern about the devastating impact of Cyclone Freddy on the people of Mozambique and Malawi. The loss of lives, damage and destruction to infrastructure and (…)

The assumption that a significant scale-up of investments is required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the foundation of the growing role of the private sector in development cooperation. Blended finance is the prominent financial modality in this respect.

The government of Malawi has integrated the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into its national development plan, the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy for 2017-2022 (MGDS III). The MGDS cascades down to the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), sectoral policies and strategic plans (…)

The COVID-19 pandemic reached Malawi in the context of a major political contestation and turmoil. In February, 2020 the country’s constitutional court nullified the results of the disputed May 2019 presidential elections due to “severe irregularities”. The judges ordered fresh elections that (…)

Alex Nkosi is the author of a recent case study on the use of Official Development Aid (ODA) to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Malawi. The study highlights issues with how PPPs operate in practice that can seriously undermine the original development aims of the investments. It (…)

Although there is no established methodology for measuring the volume of initiatives focusing on private sector development, it is clear that Official Development Assistance targeted at the private sector for development is steadily increasing.

The Joyce Banda administration has asked the MCTU to withdraw labour rights violations it lodged at the International Labour Organization (ILO)

News Alert Malawi: Rule of terror Request for support and immediate action Recent events in Malawi indicate that the country is fast sliding towards undemocratic rule, where impunity and terror are now firmly entrenched. On 20 July 2011, a day that shall live in infamy, 19 people were gunned (…)

Wednesday 20 July found me at Katoto Teacher Development Centre (TDC), less than a kilometer away from Katoto Freedom Park, ground zero for Mzuzu demonstrations. We had a teacher professional development workshop with 20 educators from Mzuzu City and Mzimba North. Hardly had we started the day (…)

’Scenes from Malawi demonstration organised by MCTU.’

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