Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has warned people in the country against encroaching protected areas saying every citizen should follow right procedures when acquiring land. The warning comes in the wake of encroachment of land earmarked for various development projects in Chikwawa District. Commissioner of physical planning in the ministry Felix Tukula was […]
Malawi Police in Dowa are investigating clashes between two tribes which has led to 12 members of a Chewa tribe fleeing to Mzimba after ngoni villagers descended the village, grabbing land and livestock. At least nine ngoni villagers descended on Chokoma village, the only Chewa village in chief Chiwere’s area in the district, grabbing land […]
It was a night of running battles at Kasiya in Lilongwe after police shot dead one person in an operation to restore order after violence over land dispute went wrong. Sources say the police went to the area, in the outskirts of the city at around 10pm to arrest a man, Jefayi Masaiti who was […]
Member of Parliament (MP) for Dedza Central Constituency, Daniel Chiwere (Malawi Congress Party – MCP) has queried the sale of a Truck Park owned by Dedza District Council to a private trader at K15 million. The Truck Park which was once used by Mota-Engil as their base camp when doing construction works on the M-1 […]
There was an interface meeting between the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security with the Committee of Parliament on International Relations as reported by The Nation newspaper of Wednesday October 17 2018. According to that report, the Director General of the Immigration is reported to have informed the parliamentarians that the department is unable to […]
Commissioner for Lands Felix Mangani is going to retirement and Principal Secretary for Lands Jane Chikaya Banda is pushing for Davie Chilonga to be the next commissioner, Nyasa Times understands. Banda served as Solicitor General since 2012 but was redeployed to scandle riddled Ministry of Lands as Secretary for Lands. The Lands Ministry is riddled […]
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has warned estates agents and individuals against advertising, selling or touting newly allocated plots in areas designated by the ministry. In a statement, Principal Secretary for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Janet Banda, said the conduct is against the laws of Malawi. “Any plots acquired through this process […]
Angry villagers from Chivala Village in Traditional Authority Kapondo in Mchinji on Tuesday burned huts belonging to ex-tenants who settled at Rusa Tobacco Estate 69 in the district, formerly belonging to Press Agriculture. The villagers torched four huts that led to the destruction of household supplies that included flour, maize, clothes and other items that […]
As corruption continues to dominate the national narrative in Malawi, controversial businessman of Asian origion, Karamat Chaudhry, is under probe by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) and other law-enforcing agencies for allegedly forging corrupt relationship with some influential Blantyre City Council officials who have used shortcuts to offer him commercial land. He is constructing service […]
Nkhata Bay based business man on Sunday morning accidentally shot three people over land dispute. The businessman, Haroon Karim is said to have bought a piece of land where he built a cottage from Evason Chirwa family at Jiriki Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Malanda in Nkhatabay District. According to Police Publicist […]
Traditional leaders from Blantyre District have hailed government for introducing the Customary Land Act, hoping that it would reduce land disputes within their localities. Speaking after a sensitization meeting organized by Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Senior Chief Kapeni said the introduction of the Act would help in the proper certification of land […]
Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is seeking answers from regional lands commissioner (Centre) Patrick Selemani to explain on the double plot allocation in Ntcheu District. Wilfred Njehani of Ntcheu complained that he was allocated a plot by the Ministey of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in 2015 and had started developing it only to have […]
Mchinji district commissioner Rosemary Nawasha has pressed a distress button to Capital Hill over the increased number of clashes between Malawians and Zambians in the border district over land. Nawasha told a district council meeting recently that the situation is now getting out of hand. “We are now getting these reports almost every day now. […]
Malawi Police in Chikhwawa threw tear-gas canisters on Monday to an angry mob of villagers who pelted stones at the law enforcers after they invaded Mapelera Admarc depot land, claiming the government snatched it from them without consent. Officer in Charge for Chikhwawa Police Dave Chingwalu confirmed the incident, saying seven villagers, including a woman, have been arrested for […]
LandNet, a non governmental organization (NGO) affiliated in issues of land governance, has hailed government for the enactment of Land Act, a Law it observed will safeguard and promote the welfare and dignity of women and other marginalized members of the society. The observation was made by National Coordinator for LandNet, Emmanuel Mlaka, during […]
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Charles Msosa, has warned the public against fraudsters who target unsuspecting prospective developers by impersonating the ministry’s officers. Msosa issued the warning a statement seen by Nyasa Times after presidential adviser and former Cabinet minister Vuwa Kaunda lost about K1.4 million in a fake […]
People from Mulanje and Thyolo districts who are relocated in Mangochi as part of resettlement land development programme called ‘Kudzigulira Malo’ are accused of destroying the beauty of lakeshore district, Parliament has been told. Mangochi Nkungulu member of Parliament (MP) Aisha Mambo (United Democratic Front-UDF) said in the House that the natural disasters the country has been […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has warned illegal settlers around Soche, Bangwe, Ndirande and Mpingwe hills to demolish their structures within 60 days. The warning comes barely a month after the Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima ordered Blantyre City Council (BCC) to vacate an injunction obtained by people who encroached Soche Hill “with immediate effect” to […]