“There are adults who work for 12 hours a day, seven days a week but get a wage of less than 5000 kwacha (US$35) per month,” reads a recent statement issued by the centre.
Employees stay in exploitative conditions out of desperation because of worrying unemployment rate, the survey revealed according to Chrissie Kafundu, CFSC social conditions research programme officer.
There is another category of employees, such as those working in the retail shops and fuel pumps, whose salaries range from K6,000 to K10,000 but they do not enjoy any other benefits,” says CFSC in its October 2008 basic needs basket statement sourced by Nyasa Times.
Kafundu said the organization carries out reseach into the cost of living for people living in Malawi’s medium and high-density urban areas every month.
Currently the monthly surveys are done in Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu and Zomba, with data collected from a sample of 7 to 10 markets and retail outlets (in each of the cities), as well as from selected households from each of the sampled areas.
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