The Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) which was formerly known as Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE) has commended President Bingu wa Mutharika for the unconditional reinstatement of the four Chancellor College lecturers who were dismissed over academic freedom dispute. The four are law lecturer Garton Kamchedzera, Jessie Kabwila Kapasula, Blessings Chinsinga and […]
Special Commentary : In the last few days, Malawi and world at large have seen a new side of PresidentBingu wa Mutharika. They have witnessed a contrite Professor Mutharika. In one day, the government under his direction sent not one, but two apologies: 1. to the United Kingdom for the unfortunate deportation of High Commissioner […]
Most people hated him passionately – Bakili Muluzi – the former President of the Republic of Malawi. And most people adored him, Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika – except for a few voices who expressed skepticism from the start like the doubting “Toms” Likambale and Chiumia in particular of this world who urged people to wait […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika who is the Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima), has directed that Chancellor College -the main constituent college of Unima -be opened and that the four lecturers who were fired for being at the centre of an academic freedom wrangle that has paralysed the university, should be reinstated. Mutharika […]
Without doubt most Malawians must be wondering as to how the Mutharika government has landed this country into such unprecedented economic mess. The majority of the problems the country is facing were not to be. After all, in 2004 election campaign, President Bingu wa Mutharika campaigned on the premise that he is an economic engineer. […]
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was heckled and jeered by crowds as he delivered his speech at the graduation of students of the University of Malawi at College of Medicine in Blantyre on Wednesday. Graduates booed Mutharika when he accused four lecturers at Chancellor College ,who have been campaigning for academic freedom, claiming they were […]
Malawi’s Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo will have no choice other than recussing himself from two appeal cases where the University Council of Malawi (Unima) Council is asking the Supreme Court to quash two lower court determinations that four fired Chancellor College lecturers be reinstated. The four, associate professor Blessings Chinsinga, Professor Garton Kamchedzera, Franz Amin […]
Acadenic Freedom: [The freedom to teach or to learn without interference by government officials or public pressure so as to ensure the open pursuit of truth and knowledge. First known use of the concept was in 1863] Standard Definition Academic freedom is the freedom of teachers and students to teach, study, and pursue knowledge and research […]
Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, in the backlash of his ridiculous homicidal war cry, and Professor Peter Arthur Mutharika, following his leaked gossiping, can rest assured that they are not the only nutty professors looking utterly stupid and clueless in Malawi. In the on-going mêlée for Academic Freedom, the Chairperson of the Council of the University of […]
‘Leadership is not a formula or a program; it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others’ – Lance Secretan Malawi’s economy is stumbling; this is something the world knows now. Government is relying on its own citizens to bail itself out of this crisis, and untold burdens […]
Police in eastern city of Zomba on Wednesday blocked students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) from proceeding to University Office, located about two kilometres away, to hold their indefinite vigil to aide at pressing the to reopen the institution for full classes. The police stopped students who were escorted by lecturers and Civil Society […]
By Makhumbo R. Munthali, a Correspondent Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) spokesperson Austin Misoya has revealed that the University of Malawi Council is yet to respond to the petition which was presented to it on Monday over the continued absence of normal classes at the institution. In probably one of the highest patronized and […]
By Courtex Nzima, Nyasa Times Students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba on Monday started an indefinite vigil to force University authorities to resolve the academic freedom stand-off as they have not been learning due to the impasse. The students marched to the University Office, located about two kilometres away, to present […]
By Makhumbo Munthali, a correspondent It was unplanned yet ‘expected’ when Chancellor College students went ahead to turn the campus into an arena of entertainment as a diplomatic way of expressing their dissatisfaction and frustration at the authorities’ decision to bar them from staging their planned vigil on Thursday. Clad in the ‘traditional’ red attire, […]
By Benedict Kondowe Listening from different people and having closely followed the stalemate for the last six months, as an institution, we support the vigil at Chancellor College (Chanco) and call upon the university council leadership to see the wisdom in the demands by the students to expeditiously resolve the matter. As education/ rights campaigners, […]