Divisions have emerged among final year students at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) over the proposal by the University Council to hold a virtual graduation to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid0-19) pandemic. While some students have welcomed the proposal, others have protested the decision, arguing Covid-19 preventive measures do not prohibit […]
Principle of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi , Prof Richard Tambulasi has died of Covid-19. He is one of the 38 people who have succumbed to the deadly virus within the last 48 hours. Authorities at the college are describing the death of Principal of the College Professor Richard Tambulasi as […]
It was a moment of pride and nostalgia for President Lazarus Chakwera who returned to Chancellor College in the Eastern city of Zomba where he was among its first graduates but this time around, he was being installed as Chancellor of the University of Malawi (Unima.) Chakwera is an alumnus of Unima after he graduated […]
There is a good reason why University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) is also known as the college that God loves the most. It is called so because, being a center of liberal arts, much of what is taught there centers on moulding a human resource that should responsibly, efficiently and effectively manage affairs of […]
In denying Chancellor College law students’ application for judicial review asking for the reopening of the institution that was closed on orders from t President Peter Mutharika, Zomba-based High Court judge Zione Ntaba admonished the students that what they were asking could have compromised immune systems of those who can easily catch the coronavirus. The […]
Chancellor College Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Adamson Muula and Microbiologist in the Department of Biology Sciences, Dr. Placid Mpeketula on Tuesday evening hosted a public lecture on the country’s position on Coronavirus. The two professionals made two presentations on Global and Public Health aspects of COVID-19: Should we be more concerned? Seconded by […]
High Court Judge Fiona Mwale joined Chancellor College law students and their lecturers at their backyard in eastern city of Zomba to discuss the state of child rights in Malawi. The academic discussion, dubbed Staff-Students Seminar, was conducted under the theme “Protection of Children from violence and abuse: Traditional norms and the Law.” Setting the […]
Zomba City Council fire brigade team has managed to put out the fire at thes Chancellor College Law Department building . The building was in smokes after the incessant on and off Escom power supply led to sparks in the department’s library and left it’s roof on fire. Students were seen scampering for their dear books […]
University of Malawi’s Chancellor College students under social work society are on a fundraising drive with an aim of raising money they could use to open a social work clinic at Chikanda in zomba, a center which will help the youth to access psychosocial counseling and empowerment. Speaking recently, during car wash fundraising event, Social […]
Students at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi made history on Thursday when they ushered into the presidency of the union, a student with albinism, Godfrey Phunyanya. This makes it the first time since the university was opened in 1964 for a student with albinism to rise to the highest office in the student […]
Students from the Chancellor College (Chanco) a constituent college of the University of Malawi have fired a warning shot that they will adopt ‘the HRDC way’ of demonstrations coupled with court litigation if authorities at the institution continue to procrastinate on improving the conditions of students with disabilities at the college. The warning was made during […]
Minister of Information, who is also National Director of Research in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Mark Botomani, has said he is impressed with the support the party is enjoying at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College. Botomani, a Member of Parliament for Zomba Chisi Constituency, on Sunday accompanied by Member of Parliament for Zomba […]
An emotive and controversial intellectual exchange ensued at the Faculty of Law boardroom at Chancellor College—the home of academic freedom—in Zomba where legal scholars punched holes on some of the health laws in the country. The intellectual feast, dubbed students–staff seminar, was organized by the Health, HIV/AIDS legal clinic of the Faculty of Law—a clinic […]
University of Malawi (Unima)—Chancellor College (Chanco) law students on Friday elected Chikhulupiliro Zidana as new president of the law society replacing fourth year law student who is also a renowned education activist in the country, Benedicto Kondowe. Zidana, a third year law student, got a landslide victory signifying the undoubted trust reposed in him by […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has frantically refused to apologise to Chancellor college students following the pollster’s earlier refusal to allow them to vote without transfer letters. Ansah said there was no need to apologise to the students because they were later allowed to vote in Zomba without the transfer letters. “We will […]
Chancellor College (Chanco) economics society has announced the launch of a programme whose goal is to share economic views from its membership, backed by correct theories, to enable practitioners in the industry make more informed decisions. Speaking on the sidelines of the program launch, dubbed ‘My Views’, the society’s patron, Professor Chiwaula, commended the students […]
Chancellor College (Chanco) students in the faculty of theology and religious studies Wednesday courted neighbouring villages in spreading messages on the evils of abducting and killing of persons with albinism. The students spent the whole afternoon in Chinamwali -a few kilometres from Chanco-where misnconceptions are rife that persons with albinism are less human. During the […]
After dishing out the best performance at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College in the eastern city of Zomba during Social weekend, local music ace Joe Gwaladi has requested the Students Union to consider inviting him in various future events saying he wants a long term relationship with Chanco students. Despite being his first performance […]