While millions of Malawians were mourning the death of their President Bingu wa Mutharika, some insatiable individuals were busy celebrating his death as to them the tragedy was their opening to enrich themselves wrongly. Last week Nyasa Times first reported how some bosses at the public broadcaster, Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), enriched themselves through huge […]
Small scale traders in the city of Blantyre are openly challenging authorities from the Blantyre City Council (BCC) over its ban on selling green maize, Nyasa Times has observed. BCC through MBC Radio 1 and 2 and the country’s newspapers has been placing advertisements warning people against the sale of the green maize but our […]
Amid an outcry of lack of financial prudence, nepotism, and inefficiency by Blantyre City Council (BCC), management has swallowed its pride and invited the city’s citizenry to scrutinize its budget skeletons before it formulates the council’s 2012/13 financial year budget. The council invited a number of city residents on Wednesday morning to hear their views […]
President Bingu wa Mutharika on Thursday afternoon summoned Minister of Information, Principal Secretary and Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) board to Sanjika Palace in Blantyre. The minister Patricia Kaliati, the PS James Kalirangwe and Macra board chairperson Ted Nandolo were some of the top officials that appeared before Mutharika. Kalirangwe and Kaliati had to travel […]
The Malawi Communications regulatory Authority (Macra) board is divided over the purchase and implementation of the Consolidated ICT regulatory management systems (Cirms) machine otherwise known as the ‘spy machine’. Some board members have started distancing themselves from the irregularities connected to the purchase of the machine and have since confessed to the minister of information […]
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Henry Mussa last Friday surprised guests to the commissioning of Christmas and New Year decoration lights by Blantyre City Council (BCC) when he vanished into thin air seconds after power went off. The development came just a day after the minister cancelled the same ceremony at the eleventh […]
Mulhako wa a Lhomwe (MWA), a grouping of Lhomwe speaking people found in southern Malawi has established itself a base at the Blantyre City Council (BCC) where almost the entire management team constitutes of Lhomwe people, Nyasa Times can reveal. Management team of BCC is made up of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and all […]
Blantyre City Assembly CEO Ted Nandolo has become under heavy attack from residents of the city and the authorities for bringing down Malawi’s commercial capital. Nyasa Times has learnt that following his appointment by President Bingu wa Mutharika in January this year, 10 months down the line, Nandolo has done nothing tangible at the helm […]
Blantyre City Council (BCC) has suspended its Assistant Director of Administration Services (ADAS) Mpopo Gilevulo to pave way for smooth investigations following revelations by Nyasa Times that he connived with the Director of Financial Services (DFS) to deduct personal loans from some junior employees on his behalf. Nyasa Times investigations revealed two weeks ago that […]
Workers at the Blantyre City Council have threatened to sue their Director of Financial Services (DFS) a Mr. Kasamba for allegedly infringing on their personal life. The workers also want the DFS out of the council for lacking professionalism in the manner he executes his job. Some disgruntled members of staff have told Nyasa Times […]
By Judith Moyo, Nyasa Times Blantyre City Council director of administrative services Alfred Chanza has come under fire from several employees at the council for nepotism. Chanza is accused of offering jobs to many of the people from the Shire Valley where one of his parents came from. He is also under fire for offering […]