Month: February 2020 Posts

“Mache*** ako!”: Deputy Minister Mchacha hurls obscenities at Journalist

Feb 03, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

… Says Asians have bought Limbe depot Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Charles Mchacha hurled various obscenities at a journalist investigating the politician's purchase of public land in Blantyre. In a recorded audio… ...

Minister Vuwa orders Lilongwe council to reclaim graveyard sold to businessperson

Dec 19, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Minister of Lands Symon Vuwa Kaunda has ordered the demolition of a fence built around a graveyard in Lilongwe by a businessman who bought the cemetery. Kaunda on Thursday went to the graveyard at Kauma… ...

Parliamentary Committee refuses to meet Livimbo land owner’s nephew

Dec 13, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Joint Committee on Legal Affairs and Transport and Public Infrastructure on Thursday sent back a representative of the original buyer of the land where the Livimbo warehouses were built. On the day, the committee… ...

Lilongwe Council demolishes warehouse built on Livimbo School land

Dec 07, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Lilongwe City Council has today demolished a warehouse which was built on land belonging to Livimbo Community Day Secondary School. According to the council, it did not authorize construction of the building owned by… ...

Three arrested over K550 million land fraud

Oct 25, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Police in Lilongwe have arrested three people who created a lands office and fraudulently sold six plots for K550 million. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development Joseph Mwandidya identified the three… ...

MHC plans to construct  thousands of houses

Sep 16, 2019 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) plans to build 15,000 houses across the country in five years. This was revealed on Saturday by Minister of Lands and Urban Development Symon Vuwa Kaunda when he was inspecting the… ...

Ministry of Lands warns of fraudsters

Mar 13, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has warned Malawians against buying land from fraudsters who impersonate workers at the ministry. The warning has been issued following reports that a fraudster stole money from… ...

ACB should bite Vuwa Kaunda

Feb 13, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

One of the country's social commentators has urged the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate presidential advisor Symon Vuwa Kaunda. The social commentator Onjezani Kenani suggested that Kaunda engaged in corrupt conduct in buying land from… ...

MHC adamant on rental hike

Jul 13, 2017 Bright Malenga 7 &

Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) has said it will raise rentals for its houses starting from September 1 this year. The decision comes weeks after the corporation rescinded its decision to adjust rentals following complaints from… ...