Malawi Polytechnic student, Henry Banda has been arrested for stealing two laptops worth K253, 000 belonging to fellow students, Police have confirmed. Banda 23 years old and hails from Nampungo village T/A Juma in Mulanje is said to have stolen the laptops (Toshiba and Samsung) on Thursday December 13th, 2012 at Poly Village-students hostels- in […]
Students at Polytechnic a constituent college of the University of Malawi celebrated the weekend in style with their second semester social weekend bash which stretched from Friday to Saturday. The bash started Friday night with a disco with students stomping their feet and partying all night long until Saturday evening where dancing came to climax […]
Lectures at the Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, Monday met their Chancellor President Joyce Banda at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre to brief her about their demand for salary increment. But despite the meeting, the lectures have explicitly vowed that they would not resume work until their request for a 113 […]
Trouble continues to mount on Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi as the Police in Blantyre on Monday tear-gassed stone-wielding students when they wanted to take to the streets supporting lecturers demanding a 113 percent salary raise. The students were also demonstrating over the insufficient stationery allowances they receive monthly and a protracted […]
The academic calendar of the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi in Blantyre, faces an immediate crisis as students have started the third week of second semester without learning due to the strike that the lecturers are having for salary increase with 113%. The Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) on Monday posted memorandum on the […]
Police in Blantyre are keeping in custody a second year student from the Malawi Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (UNIMA), for allegedly breaking into a Malawi College of Accountancy (MCA) hostel where he stole a laptop and cash. The suspected student, Steven Njobvu, is reported to have committed the crime on […]
Female students at the Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, are living in fear after robbers armed with panga knives attacked their hostel on Wednesday night. About four robbers, who are still at large, broke into the girls hostels at Chichiri in Blantyre and took away assorted items including cash. Police said […]
Just a month after a pandemonium broke loose at Polytechnic College following a death of one of the students who was hit by a truck, another student was killed in similar incident on the night of Monday in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre. The student, Elliam Yagontha 21 years old was hit by three tonner Toyota […]
He headed his family when he was 14 years after losing his mother. To him life was over as he had to look after his four younger siblings. “I remember my neighbour telling me that I am no longer 14 years old, but 30 and should take up the role of a father and mother […]
Hours after a vehicle hit to death a University of Malawi student at the Polytechnic Campus pedestrian crossing in Blantyre blame game has started amongst authorities purportedly for fear of the iron hand of President Joyce Banda. President Banda declared a few days ago when she swore in a commission of inquiry to investigate the […]
Students at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, are enthusiastic the newly instituted commission of inquiry into the death of 25-year-old engineering student Robert Chasowa, would unravel all secretive facts that led to the alleged killing of their fellow student. The students however are demanding that the authorities move hastily to complete […]
Griffin Salima, President of the Polytechnic Academic Staff Committee on Welfare (PASCOW) delivered a powerful moving speech this morning during the memorial service the college organised to remember the three students it has lost this last year. The students who were being remembered are Justice Mwafulirwa (Education Business Studies, died 1st April), Madalitso Kaunda (Environmental […]
Malawi’s pathologist Dr Charles Dzamalala, who carried out a post-mortem on the body of a fourth year University of Malawi engineering student Robert Chasowa whose mysterious death police say, was a case of suicide, told Capital Radio’s Straight Talk programme on Tuesday that his death was not suicide and that his yet-to-be released report will […]