Professor Bingu wa Mutharika, in the backlash of his ridiculous homicidal war cry, and Professor Peter Arthur Mutharika, following his leaked gossiping, can rest assured that they are not the only nutty professors looking utterly stupid and clueless in Malawi. In the on-going mêlée for Academic Freedom, the Chairperson of the Council of the University of […]
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika on Saturday ordered closure of Chancellor College a constituent colleges of the University of Malawi ‘with immediate effect’ due to students vigil pressing University authorities to resolve the stand-off with lecturers. Assistant registrar at Chancellor College responsible for students welfare Ellias Chizimba confirmed that Chancellor College (Chanco) had been closed and […]
University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) has been registering many sexual exploits since the class boycott by lecturers over academic freedom impasse with d 39 pregnancies in one academic year (2010/2011) alone, according to Director of Women Affairs Elsie Nliwasa. Nliwasa told the Weekend Times that this development has forced the College to resort to distributing […]
‘Leadership is not a formula or a program; it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others’ – Lance Secretan Malawi’s economy is stumbling; this is something the world knows now. Government is relying on its own citizens to bail itself out of this crisis, and untold burdens […]
Police in eastern city of Zomba on Wednesday blocked students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) from proceeding to University Office, located about two kilometres away, to hold their indefinite vigil to aide at pressing the to reopen the institution for full classes. The police stopped students who were escorted by lecturers and Civil Society […]
By Makhumbo R. Munthali, a Correspondent Students Union of Chancellor College (SUCC) spokesperson Austin Misoya has revealed that the University of Malawi Council is yet to respond to the petition which was presented to it on Monday over the continued absence of normal classes at the institution. In probably one of the highest patronized and […]
By Courtex Nzima, Nyasa Times Students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba on Monday started an indefinite vigil to force University authorities to resolve the academic freedom stand-off as they have not been learning due to the impasse. The students marched to the University Office, located about two kilometres away, to present […]
By Makhumbo Munthali, a correspondent It was unplanned yet ‘expected’ when Chancellor College students went ahead to turn the campus into an arena of entertainment as a diplomatic way of expressing their dissatisfaction and frustration at the authorities’ decision to bar them from staging their planned vigil on Thursday. Clad in the ‘traditional’ red attire, […]
By Benedict Kondowe Listening from different people and having closely followed the stalemate for the last six months, as an institution, we support the vigil at Chancellor College (Chanco) and call upon the university council leadership to see the wisdom in the demands by the students to expeditiously resolve the matter. As education/ rights campaigners, […]
By Makhumbo Munthali, a correspondent All is not lost for students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba who were barred from staging a peaceful demonstration on Thursday have gone flat out with their efforts of bringing their grievances to the attention of the University authorities by rescheduling the postponed vigil to Monday next […]
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times Malawi police fired bullets and teargas to break a vigil by students at University of Malawi’s Chancellor College (Chanco) in Zomba on Thursday when they were peacefully demonstrating that they have not been learning due to a stand-off over academic freedom. A female student Maliyoni Mwenifumbo, 27, was arrested but later […]