Skyway University (SU) has installed Professor Brown Beswick Chimphamba as Chancellor and on Thursday conferred degrees and diplomas to 169 students at a function that took place at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe. The students got degrees in Social Science, Public Health and Project Management among others. Speaking at the function Deputy Minister of […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council chairperson Professor Brown Chimphamba has fauled the Mzuzu University Act for putting him in an uncomfortable position as both Chairperson for the search committee and the Council when it comes to the appointment of the Vice Chancellor, saying the Act needs redrafting so as not to bring conflict of interest. Recently […]
President of the Chewa Heritage Foundation (Chefa) Dr. Justin Malewezi has expressed concern with reports of the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council practicing nepotism in the hiring of staff, saying the ‘unfortunate’ habit leads to conflicts among citizens. “Malawi is one nation with several tribes hence nepotism has no place,” Malewezi, who is also Malawi’s former […]
The Malawi government has indicated that it will cancel contracts for the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council and appoint a new one to steer the embattled institution to a path of growth so that it provides quality tertiary education. Of late Malawi NGOs have called upon President Joyce Banda, who is Mzuni Chancellor by virtue of […]
Youth and Society, a local NGO, has bemoaned government’s negligence in dealing with pertinent issues rocking Mzuzu University (Mzuni) saying its continued passive role does not only frustrate service delivery but also diminishes the confidence the citizens have in the Presidency. President Dr. Joyce Banda is Mzuni Chancellor by virtue of being the Head of State. […]
Some prominent members of the embattled Mzuzu University Council led by its Chairperson Professor Brown Chimphamba and Harrison Kaluwa met Mzuni management where among other things they wanted Associate Professor Golden Msilimba dismissed for ‘bringing the Council into public scandal’. Sources told Nyasa Times that the Council is irked by Msilimba’s court battle with the […]
The Civil Society Coalition for Basic Education (CSCBE) has asked President Joyce Banda to immediately reconstitute the Mzuzu University Council saying the path of policy direction that the Council is taking, is by all measure vindicative of its failure to practice good governance. “Why should the Council be so mean as to allow the university […]
The Mzuzu University Council has deliberately deceived its Chancellor, President Joyce Banda by asking her to approve a re-advertisement of the post of Vice Chancellor, when the Mzuzu University Act stipulates that the Chancellor shall only either reject or approve the nominee of the Vice Chancellor post upon recommendation from the Chairman of the Council. […]
Nothing seems right at Mzuzu University. Barely a week after its students took to the streets asking its Chancellor President Mrs. Joyce Banda to immediately intervene and salvage the institution from a host of problems – now it’s an intra-battle for the top most job, the Vice Chancellors. The Mzuzu High Court has stopped Mzuni […]