President Peter Mutharika on Saturday trashed a recent poll by Chancellor College which revealed that 40 percent of Malawians have trust in him and other leaders. A survey conducted by the Department if Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College have shown that Malawians trust the clergy and traditional leaders more […]
Chancellor College Academic Staff Union (Ccasu) has vowed to proceed with their planned strike over pay disparity among University of Malawi (Unima) constituent colleges. Lecturers at Chanco, a constituent college of Unima alongside their colleagues at The Polytechnic, Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) and the College of Medicine (CoM), want Unima to resolve salary disparities […]
A survey conducted by the Department if Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College have shown that Malawians trust the clergy and traditional leaders more than they trust politicians at various levels , including the Head of State. Titled ‘The Paradox of Traditional Leadership in Democratic Malawi’, the survey results released […]
Students at Chancellor College in Zomba are planning city protests following the decision by the University of Malawi council to postpone the opening of the elite public college. Chancellor College Students Union leader Silvester Ayuba James said the students would be meeting soon to set the dates for the protests. “After setting the date for […]
Now that the University of Malawi (Unima) has reopened its colleges after being closed for six months over fees hike wrangle, the university council needs to come up with innovative ideas to run the higher education institution efficiently. It is disappointing that President Peter Mutharika, who is Unima Chancellor, Minister of Education, Science and Technology […]
The University of Malawi (Unima) Council has announced that Polytechnic, a constituent College of the University of Malawi is set to open for its 2016/2017 academic year by end of this month. According to a statement released by the University Office on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 signed by the College’s Registrar, Benedicto Malunga, first year […]
University of Malawi (Unima) Students Union (Umsu) and Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) members have justified their decision to walk out of a meeting Unima Council called to iron out differences surrounding fees hike ahead of the college opening early February 2017, saying it was “connived one.” Umsu General Secretary, Dalitso Dulani said their leadership noticed that University […]
Members of Mzuzu University Academic Staff Union (Muasu) and Mzuni Non-academic Staff Trade Union (Munastu) have rejected a 10 percemt salary increment offer offered to them by the university’s administration. Muasu and Munastu members’ salaries have not been increased in two years, and they are demanding a 35 percent increment. The staff withdrew their labour […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday summoned the newly constituted University of Malawi (Unima) Council for a meeting, State House confirmed to Nyasa Times. Presidential spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani said the meeting took place on the evening at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe . Kalilani said the president who is also the Chancellor of the University of Malawi wanted to […]
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) is pushing for the reopening of Mzuzu University and The Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, which remains indefinitely closed due disagreements pertaining to an increase in proposed student financial contribution. MLS president John Suzi Banda and Honorary Secretary Khumbo Bonzoe Soko said in a statement made […]
Staff at Mzuzu University have rejected a five per cent salary increase, forcing the students to be in their homes indefinitely until the impasse is resolved and the sit in lifted. The staff started their sit in in October to force the university management offer them a 45 per cent salary increase. Barnett Musopole, president […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has appointed new board members for two troubled parastatals, State produce trader Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) and University of Malawi Council. Chief Secretray to the government, Lloyd Muhara announced on New Year’s Day that Admarc which is facing a troubled image of maize scandal involving transaction with procurement deal in […]
The students at Polytechnic, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, have penned Major 1 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to intervene in their wrangle with the University Of Malawi Council over the closure of the institution. This comes after the University’s Chancellor President Peter Mutharika distanced himself from the problems facing the university. The students are […]
The High Court in Blantyre has again ruled in favour of Polytechnic Students’ Union (PSU) by stopping the University of Malawi (Unima) Council from implementing a new tuition fees structure. High Court judge Healey Potani on Monday ruled that the hiked fee of K350 000 per annum will not be applied across the board, saying […]
Officials from the Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) say they will be meeting next week to find ways of forcing authorities open public universities. this follows a petition that Youth and Society presented to MHRC last week. MHRC chairman Justin Dzonzi said the commissioners will meet to see if the case is within its jurisdction […]
A true leader must tell his people what they must hear more than what they want to hear. This is precisely what President Peter Mutharika has done on university autonomy. Mutharika has emphasised that in the principles of good governance, “The governance of every university is done by the council and its management. We have […]
Malawi Polytechnic Students have asked their Students Union (P.S.U) to bow down and give up the fight against the University Council’s decision to hike school fees. This is according to a memo released on Thursday 24th November 2016 addressed to the Sudents Union and in possession of Nyasa Times. In preamble, the letter hails P.S.U for […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika’s “total silence” on closure of public universities in the country has not pleased civil society groups fighting on the affairs of the youths in Malawi, which has called on authorities to resolve the disputes rocking them institutions and ensure that they re-open them forthwith. Students from four colleges – the Polytechnic, […]