Tag: DCs

Minister Chimwendo cautions Mayors, Council Chairpersons

Published on September 8, 2023 by Robert Ngwira

Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture Richard Chimwendo Banda has bemoaned the tendency of some mayors and district council […]

ACB blocks employment of enumerators in all District Councils

Published on April 28, 2023 by Robert Ngwira

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma has blocked all District Commissioners from recruiting new enumerators and data collection […]

Govt cancels orientation of newly appointed DCs

Published on February 6, 2023 by Robert Ngwira

Government has cancelled a planned orientation meeting for the newly appointed and promoted District Commissioners (DCs) and Chief Executive Officers […]

MALGA to appeal Court ruling on DCs transfer

Published on January 9, 2023 by Robert Ngwira

The Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA) has said it will proceed with its appeal against last year’s High Court order […]

Court slaps MALGA on the face on DCs transfers

Published on November 28, 2022 by Robert Ngwira

The High Court in Blantyre has ruled in favour of the State in a case in which the Malawi Local […]

Councillors crash over demoted, transferred DCs

Published on September 29, 2022 by Robert Ngwira

Some ward councillors have distanced themselves from the accusations by their mother body, Malawi Local Government Association (MALGA) which accused […]

Shake-up in District Councils: 8 District Commissioners Demoted

Published on September 22, 2022 by Robert Ngwira

Information reaching this publication indicates that the Tonse Alliance government of President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has transferred 15 District Commissioners […]

South Africa Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Is On His Way Home

Published on November 30, 2021 by Chisomo Kambale

The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed that convicted murderer, Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, has been moved from a correctional […]

LEAKED PICS : Inside Jacob Zuma’s New Home At Escourt Correctional Prison

Published on July 8, 2021 by Chisomo Kambale

Minutes before midnight, Jacob Zuma’s foundation announced: ‘Dear South Africans and the World. Please be advised that President Zuma has […]

Teachers to go on strike from January 20 over unpaid December salaries

Published on January 17, 2020 by Robert Ngwira

Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) has organized a sit in and demonstration in all District councils with their members (Teachers […]

Workers seal Dowa DCs office

Published on August 11, 2017 by Robert Ngwira

Dowa District Council (DCs) office has been closed down by junior workers demanding salary hike, faceofmalawi can reveal. An eyewitness […]

Shake up in District Councils: Karonga DC transferred to Mchinji

Published on November 30, 2016 by Robert Ngwira

Following the plunder of public funds in District Councils across the country, the Ministry of Local government and Rural Development […]

COUNCILORS’ FUEL ALLOWANCE SPARKS COMMOTION

Published on November 20, 2014 by Robert Ngwira

Drama ensued on Monday at a Full Council Meeting when councilors from Blantyre rural refused ‘meager’ transport allowances. Instead of […]

MEC TO HOLD BY-ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 7

Published on August 25, 2014 by Robert Ngwira

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed that by-elections for all Constituencies and Wards that fell vacant after the May 20 […]

COURT STOPS GOVT FROM DEMOTING 15 DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS

Published on August 16, 2014 by Robert Ngwira

High Court in Blantyre on Friday granted an injunction to 15 District Commissioners (DCs) against Ministry of Local Government decision […]