GOVERNMENT GOES TO COURT TO RECLAIM AREA 10 WETLAND

GOVERNMENT GOES TO COURT TO RECLAIM AREA 10 WETLAND

Lands Minister Chimwemwe Chipungu says government will ask the court to strip developer Karamat Chaudhry of a disputed Area 10 plot, as an audit uncovers illegal allocations, missing records and fraud across Malawi’s urban land system.BY JACK MCBRAMSThe Malawi...
UAE TERRITORY THWARTS ACB PROBE ON JOYCE BANDA

UAE TERRITORY THWARTS ACB PROBE ON JOYCE BANDA

BY PIJ REPORTERThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) is proving to be the stumbling block for Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to advance with investigations on former President Joyce Banda’s charity Mudzi Transformation Trust (MTT) over a K3.7 billion ($4.5 million)...
MALAWI OMBUDSMAN OPENS PANDORA’S BOX

MALAWI OMBUDSMAN OPENS PANDORA’S BOX

Serious breach of the law in the hiring of SA lawyers for elections caseMarch 5, 2021Findings of the Office of Ombudsman investigation into the Malawi Election Commission (MEC) hiring of South African lawyers of the presidential election appeal case has opened a...
BULLDOZING THE MASTER PLAN

BULLDOZING THE MASTER PLAN

Property developer Karamat Chaudhry is building again on a protected wetland in Area 10. The land sits in the Area 10 Dam catchment. The city’s own Master Plan says it must stay green.The City Council once stopped the project. Now it has quietly lifted its own...