Chanco MCP wing elects new president ‘Yongo wa Yongo’: Mwanyongo worries about hopeless youth

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Members at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College have elected a communication and cultural studies third year student, Emmanuel Mwanyongo as Chanco MCP wing president in a vote held on Friday. Popularly known as Yongo Wa Yongo, Mwanyongo beat Kennedy Khwapalako Ganthu in a surprise results. Speaking after announced the winner Mwanyongo […]

Chanco MCP wing to hold elections this Friday

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) political wing at Chancellor College will on Friday hold elections to usher new people in various positions ahead of 2019 general elections. Some of the positions expected to be filled are the position of President, Vice president, Publicity Secretary, Secretary General, Campaign Director, Legal advisor, Vice Legal advisor and treasure among […]

Chanco students tackle social problems through movie

Some Bachelor of Arts students at Chancellor College in Zomba have produced a movie titled Dipoti to address contemporary social problems affecting the youths in the country. High unemployment rate, one of the social problems, Malawi is currently grappling with, has forced some youth to resort to go to South Africa in search of greener […]

Sparc Systems donates computing server to Chancellor College

Malawian-owned information and communication technology (ICT) solution provider Sparc Systems Limited  has donated a computing saver to Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi ( UNIMA). Speaking after presenting the donation, Managing Director for Sparc Systems Limited Wisely Phiri said they felt oblidged to make the donation having realised the challenges the college had in […]

Yoneco challenges Chanco students to desist from risky behaviours to prevent HIV infection

Zomba based non -governmental organization, Youth net and counseling (Yoneco) has   urged students from University of Malawi’s Chancellor College to stay away from behaviors that may put them at risk of contracting HIV and AIDS. Yoneco Executive Director Macbain Mkandawire made the remarks on Friday at Chancellor College in Zomba during Social weekend where among others students […]

Chanco gives career talks to Form 4 students in Mzuzu

Chancellor College of the University of Malawi, on Friday gave career talks to Form 4 students in the city of Mzuzu regarding the programmes they offer and carrier opportunities associated with the programmes. Deputy Principal of the college, Professor Samson Serjedo and Assistant Registrar, Mrs Linda Saka, were at Luwinga Secondary Secondary School while another […]

Chanco in ‘Vogue Lounge’ social weekend blitz

Students from University of Malawi’s Chancellor College will have a red-letter weekend as they relax from the rigors of academic life through a social weekend slated next Friday. The social fiesta starts from 20th to 21st October under the auspices of a yet to be launched entertainment centre, Vogue lounge. Vogue Lounge Managing Director, Joey Mwamadi said the […]

Chanco elects Ralph Nedi new students union president, Norman Kumwenda is Speaker

Raphael Nedi, a third year political science student at Chancellor College has been voted into office as the new president for the college’s students union (SUCC) replacing Sylvester Ayuba James. Nedi won with 1019 votes in an election which took place on Friday, 15th September. His rival, Kondwani Tembo scooped 831 votes in the highly […]

Chanco Students Union dissolved, elections slated for Sept 16

Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC), which was being led by Sylvester Ayuba James, has been dissolved to pave way for elections scheduled to take place on 16th September 2017. SUCC’s 2017 Elections Returning Officer Emmanuel Ngwira confirmed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday . “I write to inform the esteem Chancellor College […]

Needy University of Malawi student looks for support

A first-year Chancellor College student, Enerico Chrispine, 20, has sounded a Save Our Souls (SOS) as he risks withdrawal if he fails to source money to pay for his Bachelors Degree of Science in Statistics. Chrispine from Sande Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Maseya in Chikwawa District scored 12 points during his 2016 Malawi School […]

APM dissolves University of Malawi Council; Orders Justice and Education Ministers to mediate standoff with academic staff

President Peter Mutharika, who is the Chancellor of the University of Malawi (UNIMA), has dissolved the UNIMA Council with immediate with effect in an attempt to bring sanity between the Council and academic staff of the university. Chancellor College (Chanco) has remained closed for close to seven months after the academic staff demanded harmonisation of […]

Chanco Catholic Alumni Association launched in Lilongwe

Chancellor College Catholic alumni Saturday launched an association aimed at serving the Church in various areas such as infrastructural development and raising funds for various activities in the Church. The event, which took place at Maula Parish in Lilongwe, commenced with a Mass in the morning and it later continued with speeches from selected speakers, […]

Mutharika meet Teachers Union, Chanco students’ parents, bemoans strikes

President Peter Mutharika has bemoaned the impact of continued sit-in by Chancellor College (Chanco) academic staff and has since pledged to continue engaging concerned stakeholders on the need to resume work. Mutharika on Friday separately met Chancellor College student’s concerned parents and executive committee of the Teachers Association of Malawi (TUM) at State House in […]

Chancellor College closure worries NGO ‘There is Hope’

A Non-Governmental Organisation based at the Dzaleka Refugees Camp in Dowa, There is Hope (TIH), has appealed to government, Chancellor College Student’s Union and the University Council to resolve their differences amicably to enable students go back to classes. Speaking in an interview after a media familiarization tour which brought together journalists from the print […]

Malawi academic tragedy, the circus must end: ‘Thoughs and Insights from the abys’

I was in my second year at Chancellor College when the institution was closed in March, 1992 following student protests that were precipitated by the fallout from the release of the famous Pastoral Letter by the country’s Catholic bishops. It was another six months before we set foot on campus again. I, therefore, have an […]

‘Open Chanco now’ opposition MPs press govt: Chakwera says continued closure of Malawi colleges is ‘national tragedy’

Members of Parliament (MPs), mostly from the opposition,  took government to task on Tuesday to act with urgency and seriousness and open Chancellor College in eastern city of Zomba, a constituent of the University of Malawi (Unima). The Unima council postponed opening the college on March 20, 2017 for the first semester of the 2016/2017 […]

Chanco students petition Malawi President Mutharika demanding opening of college

Students from Chancellor College (Chanco) of the University of Malawi asked Predident  Peter Mutharika to immediately intervene on the ongoing strike by the college staff and open the school “as soonest.” Good number of students from Chanco turned up for the peaceful march in Lilongwe on Thursday morning and presented their petition to Lilongwe Civic […]