Month: July 2016 Posts

In pictures: Malawi Police disperse rioting KCN Students

Jul 25, 2016 Mwayi Mkandawire 42 &

Alert police officers rushed to the Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), Lilongwe Campus where they used teargas to disperse the students who were protesting against the recent University of Malawi fee hike. They blocked the… ...

BREAKING: KCN students protesting in Lilongwe

Jul 25, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 189 &

Students at the Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima) are currently staging demonstrations against the recently announced fee hike in Lilongwe, Malawi24 can confirm. The students started the… ...

Angry polytechnic students’ parents storm Blantyre Police

Jul 25, 2016 Luke Bisani 74 &

The University of Malawi (Unima) fees hike matter has now forced parents of 14 arrested Malawi Polytechnic students to hold a vigil at Blantyre Police station demanding the release of their children. On Friday, police… ...

Ex-Unima students join fees hike battle

Jul 24, 2016 Luke Bisani 12 &

Former students of the University of Malawi (Unima) have blamed the council for hiking fees without considering the current economic woes in the country. Speaking to the local press, former Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) president… ...

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… ...

Don’t be quiet – Chisi wants Mutharika to speak on Chanco closure

Jul 24, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 152 &

The president of Umodzi Party, Professor John Chisi has called on State President Peter Mutharika to speak on the closure of Chancellor College. Chisi who also works at College of Medicine said Mutharika as the… ...

No holds barred! Do something about university fees, please

Jul 24, 2016 José Safarao 51 &

What is happening is a paradox. Those of us who benefited from university education that was almost free are at the forefront arguing that the fees in the university are too little, that students must… ...