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RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR’S INFLUENCE ON FOOD SECURITY IN MALAWI AND ON ISSUES ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST 10–YEAR Mw2063 AGENDA

INTRODUCTIONThe war between Russia and Ukraine which started on 24th February, 2022 is feared by almost all countries that it is and will continue to destabilize the economies of the world because of the interdependence of sovereign nations in this globalized world. Both Russia and Ukraine are key players in the global economy particularly in […]

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A NATION IN RED: WHY (ALMOST) ALL MALAWIANS ARE ANGRY

The President is angry: angry at bureaucrats bent on sabotaging his Hi-Five agenda; angry at his subordinates who sit and wait for someone to tell them what to do – waiting, waiting, waiting; angry at citizens who expect him to run their households for them; angry at cry-babies long on diagnosing the country’s ills but

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THE LAST ‘TENANTS OF THE CROWN’ IN MALAWI: A BRIEF ON THE STATUS OF FREEHOLD LAND IN THE LAND AMENDMENT ACT 2022

Between 25thMarch 2022 and 1st April 2022 Parliament passed amendments to six land-related Bills[i] to revise the legislation enacted in 2016. The amendments comprise the Land Amendment Act[ii], the Customary Land Amendment Act[iii], the Physical Planning Amendment Act[iv], the Land Survey Amendment Act[v], the Registered Land Amendment Act[vi] and the Lands Acquisition Amendment Act[vii]. These

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THERE IS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION TO CONSULT EMPLOYEES DURING RETRENCHMENT: A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF FIRST MERCHANT BANK VS EISENHOWER MKAKA & OTHERS

ABSTRACT In First Merchant Bank v Eisenhower Mkaka& Others[i],the Supreme Court ruled that in terms of section 57(2) of the Employment Act there is no legal obligation for the employer to consult employees where he/she intends to retrench some due to the restructuring of the organization as part of its operational requirements. This was a

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