A drive to Mzuzu on the 116 km stretch from Mzimba via Chikangawa in 1998 and before would always be an indelible experience—kilometre after kilometre of undiluted verdant charm. A panorama of gently undulating hills of forest lushly decorated the roadside beyond the reach of the human eye in Malawi’s northern highlands, just off the […]
Kawandama Hills Plantation (KHP)–a 6,500 hectare plantation located in Viphya Plantation–has made the first global para-Menthane, 3, 8-diol (PMD)-based sanitiser called Virisafe, which will help reduce the transmission rates of the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Malawi and the entire African region. KHP has disclosed this in a statement made available to Nyasa Times. In the […]
The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Climate Change on Saturday denied Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining to allow a “third party” to collect or cut dead wood in the concession area for Raiply Malawi Limited in Viphya Plantation, saying the development will lead to free for all plunder of what has remained […]
Malawi Police in Mzimba on Monday arrested a truck driver for allegedly hitting to death Chikangawa Police Post’s officer-in-charge. Northern region police publicist Peter Kalaya said the incident occurred around midnight hours at Champhoyo within Chikangawa Forest along the Mzuzu-Mzimba M1 road. Kalaya identified the deceased as Superintendent Frackson Makala. During the material day, according […]
Department of Forestry has described as aggression the move by illegal loggers in Viphya forest who are scaring away guards with locally made muzzle loaders. Spokesperson for the Forestry department Sangwani Phiri says government has now engaged Malawi Defense Force soldiers to confront the people who are using muzzle loaders in the forest. “We have […]
The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in the Livingstonia Synod has blamed government on the continued plunder of the country’s forests, arguing authorities concerned have failed to put in place “clear strategies.” The Synod’s general secretary, Levi Nyondo, said last Saturday during the inauguration of a tree planting campaign the church undertakes every year […]
Taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) must move with haste and institute a probe into alleged private company sponsored torture and gross abuse of human rights which has continued unabated since 2015 at the 53,000-hectare man-made Viphya forest plantation in northern Malawi. Anecdotal evidence, several sources and a company official have all confirmed the development by […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander, General Griffin Supuni-Phiri, Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Bright Msaka, and Raiply Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Oomen, Secretary for Forestry, Patrick Matanda, and Forestry Director, Clement Chilima, have survived a risk of being jailed in a contempt of court charge as there has been an agreement for an […]
Government has urged Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers who are deployed to guard Viphya Plantation against destruction to be vigilant by dealing with the perpetrators accordingly. Minister of Mines, Energy and Natural Resources, Bright Msaka, made the statement Tuesday after touring the plantation, especially areas under the jurisdiction of Total Land Care and Raiply Malawi […]
Youth and Society (YAS) executive director Charles Kajoloweka has revealed a lot of foul play is taking place at the Viphya Plantation (Chikangawa Forest) – shared between the districts of Nkhata Bay and Mzimba – involving the illegal sale of trees, and has since called for an ‘audit’ into the dealings at the plantation so […]
The Consumer Association of Malawi (CAMA) is alleging that ruling Peoples Party officials are owing government in excess of MK350 million for timber plundered from the Viphya Plantation at Chikangawa in Mzimba District. CAMA notes that the debt dates back 18 months ago shortly after the PP assumed the reigns of power. The consumer body […]
Police in Malawi’s northern city of Mzuzu in conjunction with Forestry officials have arrested 44 foreigners mainly Tanzanians and Somalians in an operation meant to rid the 53 000 hectare Viphya Plantation of illegal operators. The law enforcers have also confiscated four trucks loaded with planks and machines. Mzuzu Police Station Public Relations Officer Maurice […]
The Malawi Police Service says the 53,000 hectare man made Viphya Plantation in Mzimba district is a heaven for crime. “So many assault cases, increasing murder, rampant alcohol and drug abuse and prostitution just to cite a few,” Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Isaac Maluwa said. Raiply Malawi Limited is operating 20,000 hectare under a […]
Malawi youths have called upon the country’s 193 Members of Parliament to pay sober attention to the catastrophic state of the 55,000 hectare Viphya plantation in Mzimba district arguing that Parliament has an obligation to enact effective policies to safeguard the man made forest. “We do not regret to openly state that the plantation…continue to […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has granted an injunction to Timber Millers Cooperatives Union, an umbrella union of eight registered timber millers, stopping the operations of Sterling Timber International Limited from transacting any business in the 53,000 hectare Viphya plantation in Mzimba district until a judicial review is done, Nyasa Times has established. The Timber […]