The High Court in Mzuzu has upheld the suspension and other penalties which Mzuzu University (Mzuni) handed to nine students suspected to have taken a key role in demonstrations that allegedly cost the institution over K40 million, rejecting the students argument that the decision to suspend them was illegal because it was made by a […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Dr Emmanuel Fabiano has described the destruction of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Library by fire as a shock to the college, requiring both short and long-term measures to restore the resource centre. The minister was speaking Saturday when he visited the burnt library to assess the situation after it was […]
There are fears Mzuzu University (Mzuni) may be forced to alter its academic calendar following fire that gutted the institution’s library on the early hours of Friday, destroying a total of 45, 000 books and computers. Students who witnessed the inferno told Malawi News Agency (Mana), that the fire started around 3:00 a.m. Friday as […]
Fire, suspected to have emanated from an electrical fault, has gutted Mzuzu University (Mzuni) library, costing a loss of hundreds of millions kwacha worth of books. The fire started at around 02:00 hours Friday and the Mzuzu fire brigade failed to contain. It was unclear whether the students, who were sitting for end of semester exams and were expected […]
Mzuzu University’s fourth year nursing student Charles Amos has been elected new country representative for the Association of Malawian Midwives, and has immediately expressed his commitment towards bettering the “conditions” of both graduates and midwives still pursuing their studies in the country’s institutions of higher learning. Amos was elected at the association’s annual general meeting […]
National Bank of Malawi has awarded outstanding students in different faculties of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) as part of the bank’s social corporate quest to promote academic excellence in the country. Five students were awarded from the university’s five faculties which include the faculties of health sciences, education, environmental sciences, information science and communication and tourism […]
Malawi Police in Mzuzu Monday arrested a final year Mzuzu University (Mzuni) student for allegedly defrauding the institution of K6.3 million after he created 12 ghost students and successfully applied for their upkeep allowances. Confirming the arrest Wednesday, Mzuzu Police publicist Martin Bwanali identified the fourth year student as Dumisani Kagunga Kaunga (27) studying Bachelor […]
Veteran journalist and social commentator Mzati Mkolokosa has challenged students pursuing degrees in various arts disciplines at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) to be “creative enough,” arguing the world today needs the arts more than ever. Mkolokosa, who works for the Development Broadcasting Unit (DBU) — a programme run on state run Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) — […]
A cloud of insecurity is hovering among students at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) following several registered cases of theft, Nyasa Times can reveal. During the weekend, two laptops belonging to two final year students – Leornard Banda and Yamiko Banda respectively – were stolen in a matter of hours. Yamiko confirmed in an interview with Nyasa Times that she had […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Forensic Linguistics students say it is pertinent that Malawi magistrate court interpreters be accorded proper training so that impartial judgment is fostered. The students made the observation Tuesday during a field trip to Nkhata Bay Magistrate Court, which compliments their course work. Class Representative Yamiko Banda said they “noted” there was a high level […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) on Saturday crowned 21-year-old Wezi Lwara as the Airtel Miss Matofotofo. The second-year Tourism student came top after outclassing four other contestants. Eliza Gondwe came second, while Maness Salima finished third. Gondwe, 19, is a third year Nursing student and Salima, 18, is in her first year pursuing a Bachelors of Arts […]
Two former Mzuzu University (Mzuni) students – Wezzie Mhango and MacDonald Nyoni – who have just finished their studies lately have launched a business firm under the banner, Multitalented Firm, linking business associates through online portals. From a struggling capital of K43 000 in 2013, the firm now boasts of a majestic capital of over […]
President Peter Mutharika has called for “mindset change” amongst Malawians to support economic transformation. Mutharika was speaking when he president over a graduation of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) congregation where over 800 graduated with degrees in various fields of study. Among the graduands were 589 males and 243 females with about 30 awarded master’s degrees, one […]
Senior lecturer in the department of chemistry at Mzuzu University (Mzuni) John Kamanula has expressed optimism that optimizing traditional medicine such as a herbal aphrodisiac ‘Gondolosi’ (mondia whitei) and others would be a plus in boosting Malawi’s ailing economy. Kamanula said Friday at Mzuni during a public lecturer presentation, Optimization of Indigenous Knowledge: ‘A Case Study […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) vice chancellor Dr. Robert Ridley has said with unprecedented hard work, discipline and camaraderie among the players, Mzuni Football Club (Mzuni FC) has “great potential to be a big team” in Malawi’s top flight TNM Super League. Ridley said Monday evening at the institution during a symbolic presentation of the Simama Northern Region Football […]
St Thomas Catholic Community of Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Saturday swept their campus as part of an initiative they have hatched to enhance clean and polluted free environments. Chairperson of the community Louis Msuku told Nyasa Times in an interview that they want, as youthful Christians, to pioneer love for God’s creation. “Like the environment which we so much destroy […]
Mzuzu University Biomedical Students Association (MUBSA) has warned it will petition government over a worrisome unemployment rate currently rocking lab technicians and biomedical scientists who have graduated in recent years. MUBSA president Binton Tchuwa threatened unspecified action should government cast a blind ear to their problem. “Government is spending a lot of money training us, […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) has opened for its April to July semester with Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Ridley making an unprecedented emphasis on need for students to uphold maximum discipline. Mzuni suspended about nine hundred government sponsored students last December – about a week before sitting their end of semester examinations – for causing mayhem over […]