As part of the commemoration of Human Rights Day, Youth Association for Democracy in Malawi (YADEMA) interim chairperson Wapona Kita led the participants at Saturday night public symposium at Chancellor College in a candle lightening ceremony in remembrance of July 20 protests victims and Kingsley Misi, a third year law student who died in a car […]
Malawi’s indefatigable fighter for academic freedom and democracy was elected to the Executive Committee of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). The election of the new Executive Committee occurred on Friday, December 9, 2011 at the conclusion of CODESRIA’s weekl-long General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco. CODESRIA is Africa’s leading […]
The High Court in Lilongwe has stopped the presidential Commission of Inquiry on academic freedom standoff from acting any further in this matter “in any manner whatsoever.” The court ordered on Monday that the Commission’s work be stopped “pending the determination of the judicial review or further order of the court.” This follows the application […]
After eight months of dormancy due to the academic freedom stalemate, Chancellor College opened on Monday and the 2011 academic year will consequently end on 14th July, 2012. In a communiqué dated 13th November 2011 released to students by College’s management through Assistant Registrar, Chancellor College “will restart the academic calendar for 2011 in week […]
After a series of protracted battles over the academic freedom saga which saw the college closed to almost eight months, Chancellor College the main constituent college of the University of Malawi, finally opened on Monday with the registration process and some learning taking place. This follows President Bingu wa Mutharika recent directive to reinstate the […]
University of Malawi (UNIMA) lecturers have said the battle for guaranteeing higher education liberties is not over despite reinstatement of four dons at Chancellor College who were suspended on the grounds that they were the ringleaders of academic freedom protests that have gripped the nation for most of this year. Acting president of Chancellor College […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika’s recent announcement of the reinstatement of the famous Chanco ‘four’ lecturers and the subsequent plaudits he received amount to praising illegality, a respected academic has said. “By the way the directive does not open Chanco automatically because the concerned parties to the saga will still have a few issues to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Police say a fourth year Humanities student at Chancellor College (Chanco) of the University of Malawi had drowned in Lake Malawi on Saturday while trying to swim. Police spokesman for Salima, Gift Chitowe, identified the deceased as Peter Kandikole Mpando. Chitowe said Mpando, who hailed from Mpando village, Traditional Authority Mpando in Ntcheu dostrict, was outing […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday ordered closure of Chancellor College a constituent colleges of the University of Malawi ‘with immediate effect’ due to students vigil pressing University authorities to resolve the stand-off with lecturers. Assistant registrar at Chancellor College responsible for students welfare Ellias Chizimba confirmed that Chancellor College (Chanco) had been closed and […]
University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) has been registering many sexual exploits since the class boycott by lecturers over academic freedom impasse with d 39 pregnancies in one academic year (2010/2011) alone, according to Director of Women Affairs Elsie Nliwasa. Nliwasa told the Weekend Times that this development has forced the College to resort to distributing […]
‘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 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, […]
By Makhumbo Munthali, a correspondent All is not lost for students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba who were barred from staging a peaceful demonstration on Thursday have gone flat out with their efforts of bringing their grievances to the attention of the University authorities by rescheduling the postponed vigil to Monday next […]