Education activist questions govt decision to grant  Covid waiver to Kamuzu Academy only

Executive director of the Civil Society Coalition on Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE), Benedicto Kondowe has questioned government decision to grant a waiver only to Kamuzu Academy and final year nursing students to remain in schools until they take their end of program examinations. Kondowe said in the same circumstances ought to have been given the […]

Chakwera tackles nation building as Kamuzu Academy commemorates founder’s day

President Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday led students, teachers and parents in commemorating Kamuzu Academy (KA) founder’s day in Mtunthama, Kasungu. The country’s founding president the late Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu Banda opened the school on November 21 1981. Accompanied by the First Lady Monica Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima,  the President  dwelled on the […]

Chakwera to be ‘guest of honour’ at  Kamuzu Academy Founder’s Day amid parents reservations

Parent for Kamuzu Academy students have expressed reservations on the decision to allow President Lazarus Chakwera to attend the Kamuzu Academy Founder’s Day as ‘guest of honour’ over fears of coronavirus risk at the private institution that until now barred external visitors. The country’s founding president the late Hastings Kamuzu Banda opened  the grammar school, […]

Scottish donates K5m towards Kamuzu Academy’s Covid-19 repsonse: Tribute to Malawi nurse

Kamuzu Academy Alumni managed to raise the targeted K20 million to procure personal protective equipment (PPEs) for frontline health workers in Malawi in the fight against Coronavirus and one of the donors is from Scotland, who contributed K5 million (£5,000) as a tribute to Malawian nurse Elsie Sazuze, who lost her life to the COVID-19 […]

Kamuzu Academy alumni add voice to condemnation of Malawi political violence and police sex exploitation

Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association have joined the public, the civil society organisations, the legal fraternity to speak against the violence being meted out between state agents and rioting citizens during political demonstrations since May disputed elections. In a  statement, the Alumni say the right to protest is firmly provided for in the Constitution  and has […]

Kamuzu Academy alumni offer K1m bounty on albino killers’ head

Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association (KAAA) has added its own voice on the public outcry condemning the barbaric and heinous acts being perpetrated against people with albinism in Malawi and have  offered a K1 million  reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of killers of  perpetrators of the ritual murders. The grouping in a […]

Kamuzu Academy Orchestra to perform Christmas concert in Lilongwe December 7

Kamuzu Academy Orchestra has organised  a fundraising concert scheduled for  December 7 at the Great Sapitwa Hall of Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe as unds realised from the concert will be directed towards procurement of more  music equipment as well as for their academic studies. And this time around, the music students’ Jazz Concert shall be […]

North dominate 2018 Malawi science fair at Kamuzu Academy

Three schools from the Northern Education Division (NED) are in the top five after a competitive national science fair at Kamuzu Academy from Sunday to Monday. Ekwendeni Girls Secondary School are this year’s champions with their project titled “Safer methods of washing hands after toilet” which was in the health category. The runners up are […]

Kamuzu Academy Alumni donate wheelchairs to Queen’s Hospital

Kamuzu Academy Alumni Association (KAAA) on Friday, April 20 donated 12 wheelchairs to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital to ease patients mobility at the referal hospital. In her vote of thanks, Queens’ Deputy Director Linley Chewere said the donation has come at the right time because most of its wheelchairs got damaged due to over use […]

2017 National Schools’ Science Fair on next week at Kamuzu Academy

All is set for this year’s National Schools’ Science Fair to take place at Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu from 2nd July to 5th July, 2017. This is an annual event in which secondary school students in the country showcase their scientific knowledge and skills in form of a competition. In this year’s fair, Kamuzu Academy […]

Kamuzu Academy alumni resuscitates association

Duncan Mlanjira – Nyasa Times Former students  of Kamuzu Academy are resurrecting their defunct alumni association and is set to be re-launched during the grammar school’s Founder’s Day in November. Interim committee secretary Thombizana Thindwa said there was a need to resurrect the alumni association to continue with the objectives that were set up in […]

Chigoli takes FootGolf to Kasungu, introduces sport at Kamuzu Academy

Chigoli football academy visited Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu last weekend for a training session with students there and its staff took an opportunity to introduce the sport of FootGolf there. Lilongwe Golf Club will on May 29 host the FootGolf tournament, the first of its kind in sport, courtesy of the fast-growing-in-stature Lilongwe-based football academy. Their online […]

De Jesus scoops six Kamuzu Academy Awards

Malawi’s Vice PresidentRight Honorable Saulos Chilima has called for increased student participation in sports saying sports and exercise in general promotes students’ discipline and performance. Chilima said this on Saturday when he attended Kamuzu Academy (KA) outstanding students academic and sports award ceremony in Kasungu district. He said sports narrows the social gap between students […]

Kamuzu Academy celebrates 31st anniversary: JB tips students to write their vision

President Joyce Banda has advised students of glamorous Kamuzu Academy to write down their vision statements so that they attain their goals. The Malawi leader was speaking at the “Founders Day” where she was the guest honor at its campus in Kasungu in recognition of the institution’s establishment 31 years ago that was founded by, and […]

Mama Kadzamira hails ‘special one’ Kamuzu

Mama Cecilia Tamanda Kadzamila who was the official state hostess during President Hastings Kamuzu Banda’s presidency, says Kamuzu had a unique dream to give Malawians classical education. Kadzamira was speaking at the 3oth anniversary celebrations  of Founders Day of Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu, 120 Km away from the capital Lilongwe, a magnificent Malawi’s First Grammar […]