Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has imposed far-reaching restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, putting temporary ban on all public gatherings including birthday parties, bridal showers and shutdown pubs. LCC chief executive officer John Chome said the measures are an attempt to prevent a major outbreak in the capital city with poor […]
Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has introduced stringent measures for preventing the spread of Coronavirus into the city whichy include hefy fines and penalties for companies, which do not conform to the set guidelines when disposing off garbage and waste. Mayor for the Council, Councillor Juliana Kaduya, has since urged companies to improve on sanitation and […]
Ngwenya is a popular township in Lilongwe famous for some unruly boys who cause mayhem to residents of Area 24. However, the story of this township is poised to change following the opening a new club known as 24. The club is conducive enough for those who do not want to stay in thecity centre […]
Residents in Lilongwe have asked the City Council to enforce by-laws on illegal vending and also to put regulations on the motorcycle and bicycle taxi ranks in the city. The residents fear the proliferation of illegal vending and opening of motorbike and bicycle taxi ranks could result in rising cases of crime in the city. […]
Contrary to speculations that serial killing in Mchesi Township in the capital city Lilongwe, Malawi Police Services (MPS) says their preliminary investigations show that, Malawians and not foreigners are involved. There have been xenophobic attacks in Mchesi and Biwi in Lilongwe following reports that a Burundian was killing Malawians for organ harvesting. However, Lilongwe Police […]
Flamboyant former Lilongwe city mayor Desmond Bikoko on Wednesday appeared before the Lilongwe magistrates court where he pleaded not guilty to all two counts of charges he is answering. He is answering charges of abuse of public office and failure to disclose interest of public officer. Senior resident magistrate Florence Chinangwa has since adjourned the […]
Lilongwe market vendors have called off protests against street vendors in the city after authorities promised to drive all vendors into markets. The vendors staged demonstrations in Old Town, Lilongwe against the street vendors whom they accused of getting an upper hand in the trade over the market vendors. They accused the government of deliberately […]
Four learners have been injured and were rushed to hospital after they were caught up in violent clashes between teachers and community over a playing ground at Chipala primary school in Area 50, Lilongwe. The teachers have been boycotting teaching since last week because of the hostile conditions due to lack of classes. A donor […]
Traffic activities will be disrupted in Lilongwe for the next five months following a decision by Roads Authority to close part of M1 road of Area 18 roundabout to pave way for construction works of the country’s first overhead traffic interchange. Speaking to reporters after a tour of the construction site, Road Fund Administration chief engineer Joel […]
Lilongwe has registered its first cholera case ahead of the rainy season, triggering fears of the outbreak of the disease when the rains finally come. Spokesperson for Lilongwe district health office said laboratory test results for a 54-year-old woman from Nathenje have turned positive. “The lab results show that she has cholera so she remains […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe are patrolling Area 25 after a night of running battles of local communities following the stabbing to death of a learner by his friend. A Standard 7 boy allegedly knifed to death a 15-year-old Standard 8 learner although the motive behind the killing is yet to be established. In revenge attacks, […]
Governments of Japan and Malawi have signed a K527.8 million grant agreement to enable the latter embark on an exercise aimed to improve the outlook of main roads in the Lilongwe City. The signing of the grant agreement took place at the Ministry of Finance Offices at the Capital Hill in Lilongwe on Wednesday. Under […]
The Deputy Mayor for the Lilongwe City Council (LCC) and Kaliyeka Ward councillor Richard Banda has embarked on a mass road and bridge maintenance drive to fix roads and bridges in Kaliyeka Ward. Kaliyeka Ward suffered the adverse impacts of the 2019 floods, which swept away valuable property, bridges and roads. Banda, who belongs to […]
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 beaten up some men who were blocking roads at Kasiya and demanding money from motorists. The unsuspecting men stopped a civilian vehicle which had PMF officers who in turn beat them mercilessly to the amusement of the people. They were bundled into a pick up vehicle and brought to police. […]
About a hundred protesters, masquerading as Lilongwe vendors, took to the streets protesting against Jane-Ansah Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) sanctioned demonstrations. HRDC and opposition political parties Malawi Congress Party and UTM have been organizing demonstrations to force Ansah, a judge at Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, to step down as MEC chair. The demonstrators […]
Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (LSPCA) has created action groups to conduct free rabies vaccination in the city to curb prevalence of rabies cases and speculations. Membership of the groups include city council representatives, chiefs and health surveillance assistants. LSPCA rabies programmes manager Edson Chiweta recently said that they are working with […]
Commuters who normally use the Lilongwe Bus Depot have expressed happiness with the renovations currently underway at the main bus terminal in the capital city. The depot which was an eye sore, had been in a state of disrepair with security walls crumbling, bus shelters getting rusty, toilets in unusable state and even surrounding roads […]