Lilongwe City Council (LCC) Tuesday afternoon chased land grabbing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets, under heavy police escort. A battle has ensued between LCC and Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) over land in the Capital city which is opposite Civo Stadium and Crossroads Hotel. The DPP cadets, who have been claiming to be the rightful owners […]
Lilongwe city council on Tuesday demolished shop foundation structures after accusing the owners of illegally grabbing the land next to Cross Roads Hotel. Under the protection of heavy police presence, the council officials brought in machinery to demolish the foundations where some residents wanted to construct shops. It is said some ruling Democratic Progressive Party […]
Government has warned it will withdraw land from lessees who fail to develop it within a specified period or have sold to a third party the undeveloped land. In a statement seen by Nyasa Times, Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development Joseph Mwandidya says this tendency has slowed down development within the cities. […]
A battle that has ensued between Lilongwe City Council (LCC) and Beautify Malawi Trust (Beam) over land in the Capital city which is opposite Civo Stadium and Crossroads Hotel is refusing to die and has further divided both the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials and youth cadets’ leadership. Beam and other three DPP cadets […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe have released unconditionally President Peter Mutharika’s guard who threatened a Principal Secretary (PS) for Ministry of Lands and Housing with a gun following a row over a government piece of land. Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed the arrest of the presidential guard Ernest Malola who threatened PS for Lands and […]
Lilongwe City Council has allocated prime land to the powerful and influential figures in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the government, including First Lady’s Beautify Malawi (Beam) Trust an indication cronyism, nepotism and favouritism is still rampant in the current administration. According to a leaked memo from the office of the director of […]
Ministry of lands, Housing and Urban Development has expressed concern over increased cases of land encroachment and grabbing on public land more especially in Lilongwe City. The Minister responsible Symon Vuwa Kaunda disclosed this Tuesday in Lilongwe when he addressed members of staff of his Ministry. He warned that those encroachers on public land in […]
Lands, Housing and Urban Development Minister, Vuwa Kaunda, has warned that his ministry will soon begin repossessing all the land allocated to some investors who he accuses of failing to develop their land after two years of being allocated. Kaunda said this on Friday when he toured construction works for the Grand Business Park in […]
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development will start implementing the New Land Act in September, this year (2019), Deputy Commissioner for Lands, Euphemia Bota has said. The New Land legislation was enacted in 2016. In an interview on the sidelines of a sensitisation meeting at Ngabu on Wednesday, Bota said the process of identifying […]
Community leaders in the area of Senior Chief Wasambo in Karonga have hailed new land law saying it would help to reduce disputes and institutionalize land ownership if it is implemented and operationalized. Speaking Monday during the new land low sensitization meeting, Wasambo said the law is pivotal towards reducing land ownership disputes. He said […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Symon Vuwa Kaunda, has warned his ministry officials in the northern region, against corruption in the sale of land. The minister said there is a “perception” that the Land Department is one of the most corrupt entities in the country and said they need to save face. He […]
Over 20 families have grabbed government land in Mulanje following the recent floods but district authorities say officials can only authorize permanent stay at the land after talking to two concerned chiefs. The over 20 families from Awali village in chief Mthiramanja’s area have abandoned their homes which were hit by the floods and stayed […]
Government has outlined plans to engage tea estate owners in tourist attraction districts of Mulanje and Thyolo to release part of their land to locals for agricultural activities such as raising livestock and crop production. Speaking at Muloza Border in Mulanje when he presided over ground breaking ceremony for the 20 kilometres Muloza-Chiringa Road on […]
A scam has been unearthed in Lilongwe where Asians of Malawian origin have are grabbing land and residential plots from the local people to establish their companies. The scourge is said to be rife in Lilongwe with Zahid Faruk Sattar of Pioneer Real Estate, who is also the owner for Glassco, is building on local […]
Most people living in the floods-prone areas of Chikwawa and Nsanje districts are reluctant to relocate to high grounds because they are afraid of losing their fertile lands because the upper land is not conducive for their subsistence farming. This was shared by civil society organisation, Centre for Development Communications (CDC) during a media interactive […]
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has appealed to chiefs and other partners in the country to identify and provide more areas suitable for relocation of flood survivors. Principal Secretary in the department, Wilson Moleni made the remarks on Tuesday when the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Sidik Mia stormed the Lomwe belt districts of Thyolo, Mulanje and Phalombe where they assured the people that they will make sure that the long standing land issue in the area is resolved once they take over power this month. With sizeable crowds […]
UTM vice president Michael Usi says the party will find lasting solution to the land issues in Mulanje and Thyolo once voted into power on May 21. He stressed that the UTM administration will find a lasting solution to the challenge, people in the two districts are suffering. Usi said this on Friday during a whistle […]