Only 25 Ex-miners Qualify For Pension

Minister of Labour, Skills and Innovation, Martha Chanjo Mhone says 25 ex miners have qualified for pension money out of over 49,000.

Mhone said this in Blantyre during an interface meeting with representatives of the group from various districts across the country.

Mhone said the ministry has initiated a different mechanism which includes deployment of labour officers to various districts to assist the rest of ex miners to correct the forms which were wrongly filled previously.

“We have linked up with their Desk Officer in South Africa by the name Chilongo to re-send such forms,” Mhone said

She dispelled rumours that government already got the money meant to pay the ex-miners and channeled it to other development projects.

In his remarks, Ex-Teba Mine Workers Association of Malawi National Chairman, John Dick commended the minister for the efforts made to ensure that ex-miners get their pension money.