Polytechnic Archives

Poly opening stopped

Oct 02, 2016 Richard Jimu 3 &

In the continued unrest over new University of Malawi (Unima) fees structure, the university council has announced that the Malawi Polytechnic will not be opening this Monday as it was supposed to be. The college… ...

Your move, students: UNIMA defers Poly opening date after injunction against fees hike

Oct 01, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 26 &

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) Council has postponed the opening date for The Malawi Polytechnic after students obtained an injunction allowing them not to pay the recently hiked fees. The college was set to open… ...

Thugs hack Poly student who works as guard to raise fees

Sep 05, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 4 &

Thugs have hacked a Malawi Polytechnic Mechanical Engineering student who had taken up a job as a guard in order to raise money for fees, Malawi24 has learmt. The student, 30 year-old John Chione, was… ...

Confirmed: Police arrested 14 Polytechnic students during demos

Jul 24, 2016 Richard Jimu 16 &

Up to 14 students from the Polytechnic are in police custody after their arrest during demonstrations that were held at the university on Friday and will appear before court this Monday, police say. The students have… ...

Poly student unveils software for city bins

Jun 04, 2016 Luke Bisani 18 &

Despite millions of Kwacha being spent on keeping the country's public places clean, the work has proved to yield nothing due to failure of authorities to collect garbage once the bins are full. For instance,… ...

Poly facing image crisis after lecturers’ strike

Apr 05, 2016 Joseph Dumbula 9 &

Students at the Malawi Polytechnic say that the institution will need to restore its image which has been shattered locally and globally by the woes that have haunted the university. For a week now, lecturers… ...

Poly students demand solution to lecturers’ strike

Apr 01, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 14 &

Students at the Malawi Polytechnic have asked authorities to immediately solve the pay dispute between lectures and the university council. The student have not been learning for over a week now as their lecturers are… ...