President Peter Mutharika on Saturday led the nation in celebrations to mark the golden jubilee of the University of Malawi (Unima) at College of Medicine (CoM) Sports Complex in the commercial capital Blantyre. Unima is the country’s first and oldest public university established after independence in 1965. The vision to establish Unima was mooted in […]
President Prof Peter Mutharika has received a barrage of criticism over his remarks that the academia must not waste their time commenting on trivia in the public domain, but should instead invest their time in meaningful research. After Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) swiftly accused Mutharika for attempting to gag University of Malawi […]
Human rights campaigner at Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has blasted President Peter Mutharika for attempting to gag University of Malawi (Unima) lecturers from engaging the independent media with comments on issues of public concerns, saying such a move would be tantamount to “censorship”. Speaking at the Unima golden jubilee fundraising dinner on […]
As part of the commemoration of the Women History Month, the United States of America (USA) in Malawi has nominated Dr Jessie Kabwila, a lecturer at University of Malawi (UNIMA)’s Chancellor College for the 2014 US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award for her activism . During the month every year, the USA Government nominates women around […]
The Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has described the tabling of the University Act as a way by some evil minded people to suffocate the university, saying the Bill was a former ruling DPP project meant to weaken the university and subject it to controls unheard of in the history of the university. CCASU […]
The Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has petitioned government to protest against the new University Bill scheduled for debate during the current sitting of parliament, saying it threatens academic freedom, the best interests of the University and the principle of the autonomy of institutions of higher learning. A week ago the Civil Society Education […]
A vocal Malawian blogger, Pearson Nkhoma has accused Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara for being behind the new University of Malawi Act which is said to be threatening academic freedom and kill unionism. Nkhoma, a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy student at Durham University in United Kingdom, had a Facebook discussion with Kasambara in private inbox, […]
The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) says the new University of Malawi Act scheduled for debate during the current sitting of Parliament, though long overdue, has the potential to politicize the university and compromise the provision of tertiary education. CSEC has since cherry picked 16 faulty areas where it feels parliament needs to reject the bill and […]
A University of Malawi lecturer who shot to fame for her leading role in the fight for academic freedom during the late Bingu wa Mutharika controversial reign, Jessie Kabwila has emerged as one of the bitter critics of President Joyce Banda and re-emphasized that her presidency is a missed opportunity. Kabwila, a Chancellor College lecturer […]
University of Malawi (Unima) is headed for yet another gruelling saga following the collapse of discussions between the Government and the UNIMA workers union representatives in Lilongwe on Wednesday over salary hike. According to sources, government representatives a Dr Masanjala, the Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance, Dr Dixy Maluwa Banda, the Director of […]
We all err at one point or another. That statement is true in itself and no question about that. This is the case because every human being, finite as one is, is naturally destined to make mistakes, gaffes, or miscalculations, though in differing degree and frequency. And when such mistakes are made, the ego almost […]
University of Malawi (Unima) Council has withdrawn its case against lecturer and former Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu) acting President Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula and the Attorney General. The Unima Council through a prominent lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale filed a court suit against the two and the entire Ccasu membership seeking them to contribute towards K55 million […]
Malawi president Mrs Joyce Banda, who is also Chancellor of the University of Malawi, has been asked to reconstitute the University of Malawi (Unima) regulatory body – University Council . Consolidate Democracy, Rights and Rule of Law (CDRRL) argues that the University Council has been filled with sabourters that may resurface the academic freedom struggle. The group made the statement after […]
The Council of the University of Malawi (UNIMA) has dragged to court former acting President of the university’s Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccassu) the controversial Jessie Kabwila-Kapasula of the academic freedom fame. The UNIMA council is demanding that Kabwila-Kapasula along with Malawi’s Attorney General pay almost K55 million (almost US$212,000) as compensation to students […]
Former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) queried Minister of Finance Ken Lipenga on why government is not putting a financial allocation to six universities which late president Bingu wa Mutharika had announced to build. DPP leader in the House, George Chaponda, told Parliament that he disappointed with government of President Mrs. Joyce Banda for abandoning […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has said as Head of State, she will not rule but lead, saying the country’s future looks bright politically and economically if the first two months of her reign are anything to go by. She was speaking when she officially opened a two-day Academic Freedom Symposium at Chancellor College in Zomba on […]
The Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (CCASU) has organised a two-day symposium on academic freedom whose aim is to create an open forum on the challenging relationship between development, academic freedom, governance and national security. The symposium will take place at Chancellor College campus (the Great Hall) next Monday and Tuesday (June 25th and 26th […]
A correspondent for Nyasa Times online at Chancellor College in Zomba, Makhumbo R. Munthali has been named writer of the year for the University of Malawi’s constituent college at a ceremony held in the Great Hall. Munthali, a final year education student said he was delighted to be named best writer in the Chancellor College […]