Month: October 2016 Posts

Blantyre City Council scoops Misa Malawi award

Oct 14, 2016 Chris Loka 1 &

Media Institute of southern Africa Malawi Chapter has awarded Blantyre City Council the 2016 Golden Key Award in acknowledgement of the institution’s efforts to disclose information to the public despite the absence of Access to… ...

Be warned! Malawians who buy from vendors face arrest

Sep 03, 2016 Luke Bisani 3 &

The Blantyre City Council (BCC) has disclosed that it is to introduce bylaws that will see Malawians being dragged to court for buying goods from vendors. Confirming the development, BCC Public Relations manager Anthony Kasunda… ...

Chalamanda bites Blantyre bar owners

Jun 29, 2016 Luke Bisani 36 &

Blantyre City is on the move and largely it is due to the reign of Mayor Noel Chalamanda. However, on the move it should not only be the city but also the places in the… ...

Exit orange enter blue vehicles at BCC

May 24, 2016 Luke Bisani 23 &

It has been a tradition in Malawi that city councils change colours of their equipment basing on the colour that the ruling party uses. For the two year period under Peoples Party (PP) leadership, Blantyre… ...

BCC to spare some historical buildings in Red Star Campaign

Dec 14, 2015 Victoria Milanzi 13 &

Blantyre City Council (BCC) has stressed the need for old buildings in Malawi's commercial city of Blantyre to not be demolished during the red star campaign saying they act as places of cultural and historical… ...

Blantyre City council to have people arrested for putting posters

Oct 28, 2015 Geoffrey Banda 72 &

The Blantyre City Council (BCC) has expressed concerns over the increase of unpermitted fixing of posters in Malawi’s commercial city by some residents. According to a BCC press statement released signed by Alfred Chanza, Acting… ...