Civil society organisations under the banner Human Rights Defenders Forum (HRDF) have taken the Blantyre City Council to court for illegal sell of the mayor’s residence to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The forum vice chairperson Gift Trapence said lawyer Wesley Mwafulirwa has gone to court after the assembly failed to respond to the CSOs […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) and its Chief Executive Director (CEO) Dr. Alfred Chanza have been dragged to court for declining to consent transfers of plots offensively sold to business tycoon Muhammed Ahmed, owner of Superior Halaal and Malawi Sun Limited. The plots in question are part of the Council’s Engineering Yard that housed the Health […]
The Finance Committee of the Blantyre City Council (BCC) last week passed a resolution to sell a Council’s house in Sunny Side in which was meant to house the Chief Executive Officer to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who have been using it as its southern regional headquarters, Nyasa Times can reveal. One of […]
Blantyre City Council says the red star campaign is on course and that technical experts in buildings are expected to complete assessment of structures this month. Deputy Mayor Wild Ndipo, who is chairing the Red Star Campaign main committee, told a news conference at Civic Centre, that from June 15, a taskforce of experts would […]
It never rains but pours for the Blantyre City Council (BCC). The financial destitution that has hit the country’s major municipal office has reached alarming levels that it has no money to pay its workers, Nyasa Times can reveal. Over the last few months the council has been operating on bulky bank drafts to ensure […]
Employees of Blantyre City Council (BCC) are set to go on industrial action starting next week Tuesday to force management to increase their salaries by 61 percent, Nyasa Times understands. Last month, Malawi Government offered a 61percent pay hike for the lowest paid civil servants and a five percent rise for high earners effective January 1, 2013 […]
There is a communication collapse at Blantyre City Council (BCC) after management sealed offices of switchboard operators for allegedly swindling millions of the council’s finances. The three operators have since been sent home on an indeterminate suspension, a source at the scandal rocked and financially abused institution confided in Nyasa Times. For about two weeks […]
Cracks have emerged within the hierarchy of Blantyre City Council (BCC) just few days before the expiry of an ultimatum handed on it by Members of Parliament from within the city, Nyasa Times understands. A group of irate Parliamentarians, three weeks ago, nearly sealed BCC main offices at Civic Centre demanding an immediate resignation of the […]
Defiant Blantyre City Council (BCC) employees have entered the second day of their strike without their gang leader who was picked by police on Monday. The leader, only identified as a Mr. Kamowa from the Council’s Health Department, was arrested after he led the pack in openly daring the police and BCC management. On Tuesday, […]
Mulhako wa a Lhomwe (MWA), a grouping of Lhomwe speaking people found in southern Malawi has established itself a base at the Blantyre City Council (BCC) where almost the entire management team constitutes of Lhomwe people, Nyasa Times can reveal. Management team of BCC is made up of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and all […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has suspended its Assistant Director of Administration Services (ADAS) Mpopo Gilevulo to pave way for smooth investigations following revelations by Nyasa Times that he connived with the Director of Financial Services (DFS) to deduct personal loans from some junior employees on his behalf. Nyasa Times investigations revealed two weeks ago that […]
By Judith Moyo, Nyasa Times Blantyre City Council director of administrative services Alfred Chanza has come under fire from several employees at the council for nepotism. Chanza is accused of offering jobs to many of the people from the Shire Valley where one of his parents came from. He is also under fire for offering […]