Voting for Mayor for Blantyre City on Wednesday had to be delayed at Blantyre Civic Center as ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters and police engaged in running battles. DPP supporters were demanding that their councillor Louis Ngalande’s name be included on the list of the candidates vying for the position of mayor. However, the council members […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has adjusted upwards business licence and market fees effective July 1, business operators have confirmed. Business licence fees for those operating from containers has gone up to K50 000 from K40 000 per annum while market fee is now at K100 from K80 per day. “In fact, we have been given […]
Vendors in and around Ndirande Main Market in the commercial city of Blantyre have given Blantyre City Council officials seven days ultimatum to provide them with necessary amenities like electricity, water supply and toilets failing which they will stop paying market fees. Chairperson of the market, Chancy Widoni, told Nyasa Times that every time his […]
Blantyre city authorities say they are working to embark on a drive that seeks to stop the residents from making noise in residential areas without their approval. Director of Leisure, Culture and Environmental Services for the Blantyre City Council Sylvester Mitini-Nkhoma says this follows complaints they have been receiving from some residents of various townships […]
Angry residents from Machinjiri Area 10 on Monday morning demolished houses meant for the homeless built under Blantyre -Machinjiri Federation Housing Project. The residents argued that the Blantyre city council cheated them for failing to honour compensation agreement between the two parties. About 15 houses were demolished and leader of the residents Edward Mdeza said the people […]
The battle between Petroda Malawi Limited (PML) and Maranatha International Academy over Keza Office Park in Malawi’s commercial city of Blantyre appears far from over. PML, owners of the office park, have been fighting to have Maranatha, the tenant, exit the complex for non-payment of rentals but the later has continued to challenge the eviction. […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) top officials have misappropriated donor funds amounting to K17 million meant for Chilobwe Vocational Training Centre, Nyasa Times has established. Meanwhile, BCC is contemplating of shutting down the vocational training which has currently been turned into a primary school without the knowledge of its funders. Chilobwe Vocational Centre has not taken […]
Unidentified robbers have allegedly stolen three computers that have vital and delicate information on Blantyre City Council’s (BCC) income and expenditures. The thieves also stole a number of already signed cheques which were waiting for dispatch to various companies and service providers. The theft occurred on the night of Tuesday after the robbers broke into Treasury Department […]
Over the last few years, the Blantyre City Council (BCC) has drastically fallen short of offering vital services to its residents but management has shielded itself heaping the blame on the country’s “weak bye-laws”. The council’s management says the laws governing the local authorities are tired and hitting it hard resulting in catastrophic droopiness in […]
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 […]
Blantyre City Council on Monday defied a High Court order and went ahead demolishing illegal developments along Soche mountain. BCC last week was stopped on its tracks as it was in the process of demolishing the developments after one of the illegal residents, Chief Chisa obtained court injunction, stopping the council or its agents continuing […]
The Blantyre City Council (BCC) has been hammered with a hard punch after the High Court stopped it from clearing illegal developments at Soche Mountain. Government, through its relevant institutions such as BCC and Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), ordered encroachers around Soche Mountain to relocate some years back but they defied the orders. The illegal […]
Drama ensued in Blantyre when police officers and Blantyre City Council (BCC) rangers tussled over sewer pipes believed to have been stolen at the College of Medicine (CoM) campus on Thursday night. Three police officers were caught red-handed by a BCC team loading the pipes in a three-tonner vehicle, registration number BJ 8599, along the […]
There was commotion at Kampala in Manase, Blantyre when Blantyre City Assembly (BCA) officials interrupted prayers at The Miracles Pentecostal church with an Order to close it down on grounds that it disturbs peace. BCA officials turned at the church located in village headman, Wisikesi at around 4:45 pm to close it down following complaints […]
There was a fierce free-for-all battle in Blantyre as police officers and security personnel from the Blantyre City Council (BCC) tried to clear vendors out of the streets. The fight has since resulted in the city council and police temporarily withdrawing the exercise dubbed Operation Dongosolo to properly strategize on how best to deal with the vendors […]
Hundreds of Blantyre City Council (BCC) employees on Wednesday started their peaceful indefinite demonstration demanding a 61 percent salary increment. The employees told Nyasa Times outside their sealed Ginnery Corner offices in Blantyre, life was becoming unbearable for them and their demand was in line with the daily rising costs of basic household needs. The […]
The financially cleaned and scandalous Blantyre City Council (BCC) has controversially lost ownership of the historical Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre to fellow land managers Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), Nyasa Times can reveal. A highly placed source at MHC confirmed to Nyasa Times that they have indeed ‘snatched’ the historical piece of land due to failure by the council […]
Government’s failure to remove vendors who do business in the streets of Blantyre, as well as lack of electricity in the flea market and the produce market has posed a threat as the traders in both markets have said they will start trading along streets if these problems are not addressed in time. Blantyre […]