Bunda college to be re-opened: Kwapata’s position abolished

Bunda College of Agriculture, a constituent college of the new Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) will be re-opened by mid-September after its indefinite closure on July 27, this year. Director of High Education in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Dixie Maluwa Banda disclosed this in an interview with the Malawi […]

Defiant Kwapata refuses to resign as Bunda College principal

Bunda College principal professor Moses Kwapata vows to remain in office and not bow down to ‘student’s pressure’. The college students have been boycotting classes, pressing for the immediate resignation of Kwapata who they accuse of failing to effectively run the affairs of the college. They students also demand a written explanation regarding the delinking […]

Bunda College shut down as police tear gas students

Bunda College of Agriculture, until few weeks ago a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA),  was on Wednesday closed down barely few hours after irate students resumed their protests. The students were given just one hour Wednesday afternoon to pack up and leave the campus. However, t they resisted the directive after reports […]

Bunda students rise against maladministration, tent lectures

Armed with sticks and stones, irate Bunda College students are threatening to destroy property, in particular the principal’s house, if he is not removed for maladministration. Principal Moses Kwapata is being accused of giving a deaf ear to their demands to have their diplomas and degrees bear University of Malawi logo as per the bill […]

Minister meets Bunda staff, avoids students

Malawi’s Minister of Education, Science and Technology George Chaponda systematically avoided hearing out Bunda College of Agriculture students when on Wednesday he made an impromptu visit to the school apparently to see for himself the concerns raised after the students were subjected to learn in a tent following space problems.  Some of the students including […]