Government of Malawi has been accused of colluding with several mining companies to exploit natural resources at the expense of local communities who are promised either compensations that never come or end up having their resources damaged and polluted. Several mining sites in Malawi’s five districts of Karonga, Mangochi, Kasungu, Zomba and Balaka that CIJM […]
I recently read this feature article headline ” Malawi in Coal Fired Power Plant MOU with China Group: To Boost Economy”. The article quoted Minister of Finance and Economic Development, GoodallGondwe, stating that the objective of the current government is to ensure that Malawi would no longer be called poor by the time they leave […]
Member of Parliament who had a rare night shift on Wednesday to pass the Access to Information Bill will work extra time on Friday for full day instead of its usual half day. The Business Committee of Parliament agreed on Thursday that the House should meet Friday from morning to afternoon, according to the announcement […]
A Human Rights Watch report launched in Lilongwe has faulted government for faileing to protect the rights and livelihoods of people living in nascent mining communities in the country. The report titled ‘They have destroyed everything: mining and human rights in Malawi’ is based on 150 interviews with communities, civil society organisations, mining companies and […]
The charismatic leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, was in Zambia on Tuesday where he launched his mining company – Shepherd Bushiri (SB) Mining in Ndola. The Billionaire Prophet is also expected to officiate the launch of his mobile company called PSB Network this weekend in Johannesburg. The mine, located […]
Mkango Resources, a mineral exploration company focused on the Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in Phalombe, Malawi, was successfully listed on the London Stock Exchanges Alternative Investment Market. Mkango is already listed on Toronto Stock Exchange’s Venture Exchange. The compnay has subsequently announced it will purchase geo-data from the Malawi Geological Survey Department following the World Bank and European Union […]
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has expressed the need for stakeholders working in the mining sector who include Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), government and companies to deepen their understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Acting National Coordinator for CCJP, Martin Chiphwanya said this in Lilongwe […]
Over 150 ex-Teba mine workers in Karonga have planned to hold a vigill at South African High Commission in Malawi on 4 July over the delays of their benefit from South African mining firms. According to the document dated 20 June 2016, addressing to the Office of the President and Cabinet, the group shall not […]
Malawi government should renegotiate Mchenga Coal Mine deal so that it should benefit surrounding communities in the north of the country, Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua said in parliament. Mchenga Coal Mines supplies the bulk of its production to the local industry and exports duff coal, which has no market locally. It […]
Attorney General Kelekeni Kaphale has said government will ask High Court toorder People’s Party (PP) acting president Uladi Mussa to pay miner Michael Saner about K7 billion for being reckless in the manner he handled the issu by ignoring advice to renew the miner’s licence. Saner was issued a three-year renewable licence number EPL NO […]
Malawi’s daily newspaper was criticised of “burying” a billion dollar mine scandal on page four instead of lead headline about the order of High Court awarding Rift Valley Resources, owned by South African geologist Michael Saner,$100 million (about K69.5 billion) as compensation for the deliberate acts of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs […]
The new French Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, disclosed that there is a big development between Malawi and Government of France which is yet to be launched on mapping of geological resources of the country. Delahousse made the remarks Tuesday at Kamuzu Palace after presenting letters of credence to President Professor Peter Mutharika. He said the contract […]
Group Village Headman Mesiya of Traditional Authority (TA) Kilupula in Karonga received a K3 million bribe from Eland Coal Mine Company Limited reportedly for managing to mute his subjects who wanted the company to stop its operations due to failure to honour social corporate responsibility, Nyasa Times can reveal. A member of the Mesiya’s inner […]
Communities in the area of Paramount Chief Kyungu of Karonga say miners who come to ply their trade in the district are corrupt. Group Village Headman Mweninguwe admitted to Nyasa Times in an interview on Friday that he had been given a “wristwatch and an expensive phone by Nkhayute Coal Mine.” Nkhayute Coal Mine is owned by […]
Malawi has aspirations to increase mining contributions to GDP from 1% to 20% by 2020. But community-company relations in the mining sector are typical of those across the continent: not good. This, in turn, is not good for investment in the sector. Grain Malunga, Malawi’s Chamber of Mines and Energy National Coordinator, says that one […]
Presidential aide on Civil Society Organisations and on NGOs, Mabvuto Bamusi, say the Head of State wants Malawians to fully benefit from the mining industry. Bamusi was speaking in Lilongwe during an extraordinary Alternative Mining Indaba which CSOs organised with support from Norwegian ChurchAid, Action Aid, Oxfam and other developing partners. The indaba was a follow up […]
Newly appointed Botswana High Commissioner to Malawi, Kenny Kapinga has pledged his country’s commitment in supporting Malawi to develop the mining sector. Kapinga was speaking at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe after presenting letters of credence to President Prof. Peter Mutharika. He said Botswana’s economy is dependent on mining which he described it to be at […]
Over 800 angry residents of the Traditional Authority Kilipula in Karonga the northern part of Malawi on Thursday hold demonstrations against Mwawulambo Coal Mine for its failure to respond to their petition which demanded the company to rehabilitate all trenches that came due to its mining activities. The residents accuse the miners of ignoring their […]