The Industrial Relations Court (IRC)of Malawi has summoned three top gurus at the embattled Mzuzu University (MZUNI) for hearing of an application so that they are either committed to prison or punished for contempt of court following their disregard of a court order to pay former employees their benefits and bonuses. Under Mzuzu District Registry […]
Malawi police fired teargas to break up a protest by university students in Mzuzu who blocked the main road leading to the northern district of Karonga in protest against failure by the administration to honour their demands for stationary allowance, witnesses said. The incident coincided with another protests by the university students at Polytechnic in the commercial capital […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council chairperson Professor Brown Chimphamba has fauled the Mzuzu University Act for putting him in an uncomfortable position as both Chairperson for the search committee and the Council when it comes to the appointment of the Vice Chancellor, saying the Act needs redrafting so as not to bring conflict of interest. Recently […]
President of the Chewa Heritage Foundation (Chefa) Dr. Justin Malewezi has expressed concern with reports of the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council practicing nepotism in the hiring of staff, saying the ‘unfortunate’ habit leads to conflicts among citizens. “Malawi is one nation with several tribes hence nepotism has no place,” Malewezi, who is also Malawi’s former […]
The Malawi government has indicated that it will cancel contracts for the Mzuzu University (Mzuni) Council and appoint a new one to steer the embattled institution to a path of growth so that it provides quality tertiary education. Of late Malawi NGOs have called upon President Joyce Banda, who is Mzuni Chancellor by virtue of […]
Youth and Society, a local NGO, has bemoaned government’s negligence in dealing with pertinent issues rocking Mzuzu University (Mzuni) saying its continued passive role does not only frustrate service delivery but also diminishes the confidence the citizens have in the Presidency. President Dr. Joyce Banda is Mzuni Chancellor by virtue of being the Head of State. […]
Some prominent members of the embattled Mzuzu University Council led by its Chairperson Professor Brown Chimphamba and Harrison Kaluwa met Mzuni management where among other things they wanted Associate Professor Golden Msilimba dismissed for ‘bringing the Council into public scandal’. Sources told Nyasa Times that the Council is irked by Msilimba’s court battle with the […]
The Civil Society Coalition for Basic Education (CSCBE) has asked President Joyce Banda to immediately reconstitute the Mzuzu University Council saying the path of policy direction that the Council is taking, is by all measure vindicative of its failure to practice good governance. “Why should the Council be so mean as to allow the university […]
The Mzuzu University Council has deliberately deceived its Chancellor, President Joyce Banda by asking her to approve a re-advertisement of the post of Vice Chancellor, when the Mzuzu University Act stipulates that the Chancellor shall only either reject or approve the nominee of the Vice Chancellor post upon recommendation from the Chairman of the Council. […]
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) students have all the reasons to smile as they have been rescued from the misery of taking their meals while standing in a bare cafeteria or perhaps walking around the campus while others seat under trees following the donation of dining tables by Press Trust and SupaSwift limited. Press Trust and SupaSwift […]
Mzuzu University Students Representative Council (MUSREC) has ushered in new office bearers with Abel Phompho elected president of the student body. Phompho – fondly known as ‘Divine Gentleman’ -was voted with 846 against rival Nyozomo Gondwe who polled 614 votes. He takes over from Moses Chalera. Phompho has pledged to work with all stakeholders to […]
Malawi’s President Mrs Joyce Banda has called for private sector involvement in the funding of higher education saying this will accelerate the country’s development. The President said costs for higher education are spiraling saying government is spending between MK1 million and MK1.5 million per student per year. Students in public Universities pay a heavily subsidized […]
The People’s Party (PP) led government aims to increase the number of student intake by expanding teaching space and accommodation at existing campuses, President Joyce Banda has disclosed. The Head of State made the remarks when she presided over the Mzuzu University (MZUNI) 14th Congregation where over 400 students graduated in various fields including education, […]
A 20-year-old Mzuzu University (Mzuni) student, Jacqueline Chinkwita-Phiri, this Saturday leaves the country for Nigeria where she will represent Malawi at the 2012 Miss University Africa (MUA) beauty pageant. Chinkwita-Phiri, who is the second princess to the reigning Miss Malawi Susan Mtegha, was identified after MUA organisers subcontracted a local fashion company Theophilus Fashions to […]
Nothing seems right at Mzuzu University. Barely a week after its students took to the streets asking its Chancellor President Mrs. Joyce Banda to immediately intervene and salvage the institution from a host of problems – now it’s an intra-battle for the top most job, the Vice Chancellors. The Mzuzu High Court has stopped Mzuni […]
Disgruntled students of the Mzuzu University on Tuesday took to the streets and later presented a petition to Mzuzu City Council’s Chief Executive Officer asking for the intervention of the President Mrs. Joyce Banda to immediately bail out the embattled institution from its economic malaise and maladministration. Mzuni has been sailing in difficult financial waters […]
So much and quite a lot has said about the problem-riddled Mzuzu University (MZUNI) but nothing would ever beat the truth that’s just about to be said here. A lot more than what the Malawi nation knows has happened and is still happening, and if nothing is done to save this sinking ship, it will […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has ordered Council of Mzuzu University to immediately re-admit six students it expelled on allegations of cheating during examinations. The court further ordered that the students should write a new set of examinations within 14 days adding that marking and release of results shall be within 7 days “making a […]