A newspaper editorial has called for tougher action against public officials implicated in Malawi’s land allocation scandal, after a pilot audit in Lilongwe uncovered evidence of widespread abuse of office in the management of urban land. An editorial published by The Nation newspaper praised the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development for launching the […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Chimwemwe Chipungu has issued a stark ultimatum to anyone illegally occupying or grabbing public and institutional land, demanding they voluntarily vacate or surrender the properties within just 14 days – as a bombshell audit exposed sweeping failures across Lilongwe’s land administration system. The dramatic warning came as Chipungu […]
Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu has dropped an explosive warning that several sitting Cabinet ministers and other politically exposed individuals are suspected of dubiously acquiring plots in two of Lilongwe’s most sought-after residential areas. Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning, Chipungu revealed he was already in possession of a list of names – including what he pointedly […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is set to hold a highly anticipated press briefing this Wednesday to unveil the findings of a pilot land ownership audit conducted in Lilongwe – findings that are set to implicate some of the country’s most powerful figures. According to an invitation letter seen b y this […]
Former Blantyre City Mayor Noel Chalamanda has delivered a blistering warning about Malawi’s “dangerous habit” of ignoring its own laws, accusing authorities of allowing chaos to spread across the country’s prime land while regulations gather dust. Appearing on Times Exclusive on Times Television, Chalamanda said Malawi is now trapped in a cycle where illegal construction […]
Terrified residents of Area 43, Sector 8 in Lilongwe are speaking out over what they describe as a brazen attempted land grab, accusing a local man of trying to seize almost 20 plots of land using alleged high-level political connections to intimidate anyone who dares challenge him. The affected residents claim Vincent Nyirongo and his […]
Malawi’s Minister of Defence Feston Kaupa has moved to quell growing public unease over a controversial military boundary-marking exercise, insisting the operation is nothing more than a re-establishment of existing army land — and not, as some communities fear, a land grab. Speaking on the sidelines of Parliament, Kaupa explained that panic had spread among […]
•Security guards allegedly attacked by men hired by Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamira amid explosive land dispute •One victim hacked in the head, another struck in the groin and back •Suspects have been granted bail after appearing in court •Feud over prized Tichitenji Estate has raged for years despite a High Court ruling A simmering land dispute […]
A member of Parliament has launched a blistering attack on government bosses after dozens of struggling families were left with nowhere to live following an alleged corporate land grab. Paulos Chiumia, the fighting MP for Nkhatabay West, blew the whistle in Parliament on Tuesday, blasting ministers for dragging their feet while heart-broken locals lose everything […]
A governance watchdog has fired a public broadside at Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu, daring him to undergo a full public lifestyle audit — a move it says will prove whether the minister’s loud anti‑corruption rhetoric is backed by real transparency. The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) threw down the gauntlet at a […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Chimwemwe Chipungu and people displaced from Kasasile in Nkhata Bay District have agreed to hold discussions on the community’s resettlement at Kasasile itself, following talks on Friday. The agreement was reached at Jenda CCAP Church in Mzimba, where around 140 displaced people had spent the night after police […]
Malawi’s government says it has stepped up efforts to find a lasting solution for families currently living in temporary shelter at Kasasile in Nkhata Bay District, as it works towards their permanent resettlement. Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Chimwemwe Chipungu met Members of Parliament from the Northern Region on Wednesday to discuss progress […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, has told Parliament that government has identified land for the permanent resettlement of people displaced from the Kasasile area in Nkhata Bay, following their eviction from land belonging to the Malawi Defence Force (MDF). The minister said the announcement followed rising tensions over the dispute, […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, held bilateral talks with Poland’s Deputy Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, Jan Szyszko, on the margins of the UN High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the New Urban Agenda in New York on Wednesday. Chipungu conveyed greetings from President Arthur Peter Mutharika […]
The High Court sitting as a Constitutional Court in Blantyre has dismissed a petition brought by privately owned Pacific Limited challenging the constitutionality of provisions within Malawi’s land laws, in one of the country’s most closely watched land cases in recent years. Pacific Limited had sought to challenge amendments to the Land Act and the […]
Malawi’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chimwemwe Chipungu, has outlined a series of housing and land administration reforms she says are central to the country’s national development strategy, in remarks delivered at a United Nations dialogue on housing affordability, inclusion and sustainable urban development. Addressing the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive […]
The Chepiti family in Blantyre has appealed a ruling by the Blantyre District Land Tribunal which found that land they say they have occupied for more than a century belongs to the Catholic Church. The family, who are linked to the Zinganguwo chieftaincy in Chigwaja, say their ancestors settled on the land in 1918 after […]