Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) head of corporate affairs Steve Kapoloma said the two tax officials who sucked to their deaths when they drowned on Friday after they slipped off and fell into a waterfall while hiking part of Mulanje Mountain were buried on Sunday. Kapoloma identified the two officers as ICT officer Martin Jerenje and […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has said mountain ecosystems are under serious threat from over-exploitation driven by poverty and rapid population growth. He made the remarks at Likhubula in Mulanje where he was Guest of Honour at the official commemoration of the International Mountain Day on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. The […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Kondwani Nankhumwa on Tuesday chickened out of a political debate aimed at bringing together parliamentary and local government candidates together to face the electorate. The political debate, organized by National Institute for Civic Education (Nice) Trust went ahead with the UTM Party candidate in Mulanje central Dr. Michael […]
Malawi’s critically endangered national tree, the Mulanje cedars, is now almost extinct due to illegal over-exploitation for the valuable timber by communities surrounding the mountain. A communique from three concerned environmental organisations, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT), Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Forest Research Institute of Malawi, has doubled efforts to immediately replant the […]
Mulanje cedar, once the country’s precious rare tree, has gone extinction with only seven trees remaining of the original 63, 000 four years ago. Director of forestry in the ministry of Energy, Forestry and Environmental Affairs Dr Tembo Chinyenga said the government has embarked on a massive program to bring back the Malawi tree. “The seven remaining cedar trees […]
Mulanje Magistrate Court has released on bail 15 suspects, including five women, arested on charges related to a fracas that ensued over Blantyre Water Board (BWB) Likhubula Water Supply System project. BWB is working on a project that seeks to tap water from Mulanje Mountain to Blantyre City and surrounding areas. The suspects, operating under Citizens […]
Malawi Police on Monday used tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters holding peaceful demonstrations Mulanje Magistrate Court demanding the release if nine community members operating under the Citizens for the Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM)arrested Friday for blocking Blantyre Water Board (BWB) Likhubula Water Supply System Project officers from working. BWB contracted India-based SMC Infrastructure […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mulanje community to facilitate cooperation of the implementation of the much awaited $23.5 million (about K18 billion) water supply project to tap water from Mulanje Mountain to Blantyre City and surrounding areas. Citizens for the Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM) has been demanding […]
Citizens for the Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM) has maintained t hat they will still demand Blantyre Water Board (BWB) to fulfil their demands among others, to plant trees in a designated area where the water intake point is located or else they will block the implementation of the much awaited $23.5 million (about K18 […]
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has engaged SMC Infrastructure Private Limited of India to carry out the works of tapping the water from Likhubula Water Source on Mulanje Mountain set to commence on September 1. BWB chief executive officer (CEO) Henri Bakuwa disclosed that the designs of the contract allow for a 15 percent subcontracting locally and it […]
Mulanje Water Project which is to construct new water supply system from Likhubula water source on Mulanje Mountain to Blantyre supply area is facing opposition from community members under Citizens for the Protection of Mulanje Mountain (CPM)which has vowed to sabotage the Blantyre Water Board (BWB) project. The group accused BWB of not honouring the […]
Mulanje District Council on Monday gave a go ahead to the Blantyre Water Board (BWB) on its quest to construct new water supply system from Likhubula River in Mulanje to Blantyre supply area. Speaking during an extraordinary meeting held on Monday at the Boma, Chairperson for the Council, Councilor Emanuel Bambala said as a council […]
Government through the Department of Forestry has engaged the services of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) to help in protecting the Mulanje Mountain. MDF has been given a go ahead by council members from both Phalombe and Mulanje districts which surround the mountain. Speaking during a meeting held in Mulanje, Director for Forestry Department, Clement […]
Traditional leaders in the districts of Mulanje and Phalombe have signed by-laws in a bid to protect the endangered Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve. One of the by-laws, for examples, suggests a 10 year imprisonment with hard labour for anyone caught cutting down trees in the Forest. Phalombe District Commissioner (DC) Patrick Kalilombe, who alongside his […]
A security guard of Leston Mulli, one of Malawi’s most politically connected businesspersons during the Bingu wa Mutharika regime, on Friday shot dead a man identified by police as Nangwale from Tchaluwa village in Mulanje when he went to mount Mulanje near Chitakale Tea plantation for charcoal burning. Chitakale tea plantation belongs to Mulli. The […]
Concerned citizens in Mulanje district led by renowned comedian and politician Bon ‘Winiko’ Kalindo have petitioned government demanding eviction of Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT) within 14 days. MMCT’s activities have been blamed for degrading the beautiful and one of the biggest mountains in Africa, Mulanje Mountain. A petition has been signed by Kalindo on […]
Disgruntled Mulanje concerned citizens, a grouping which is against mineral and rare earth exploration activities on Mulanje Mountain in sourthern Malawi, will present their concerns they raised against Spring Stone Limited carrying the activities to the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Heads of State and government on Friday in Lilongwe. Heads of State and Government in the […]
The group, calling themselves as ‘Mulanje concerned citizens’ has given mining explorers including Spring Stone Limited, a company that is exploring rare earth elements on Mulanje Mountain, seven days to stop its activities or face action. On Tuesday, the concerned citizens, who were led by comedian Bon Kalindo and Mulanje Pasani legislator Peter Nowa, staged […]