Month: July 2016 Posts

Game down: Police stop Poly students demos

Jul 22, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 96 &

A mini demonstration in the evening of Friday by students at the Polytechnic in Blantyre turned out to be a mission impossible for the students, we can confirm. Alert police thronged the institution just after… ...

Govt. blames UNIMA council, MPs for Chanco Protests: asks God to intervene

Jul 22, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 90 &

Government has faulted the University of Malawi (UNIMA) council and the Committee of Education in Parliament for fanning the Chancellor College student demonstrations. Government's spokesperson Patricia Kaliati said the two entities were in a better… ...

Chanco closure: PP unhappy with DPP’s love for closing Unima 

Jul 21, 2016 Luke Bisani 41 &

The opposition People’s Party (PP) has expressed fury over the closure of Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of University of Malawi (Unima), following demonstrations against fees hike. On Monday, students from the college staged… ...

Update: 27 Chanco students released on bail

Jul 20, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Zomba high court has today granted bail to 27 Chancellor College students who were arrested during and after demonstrations at the college, Malawi24 can confirm. The students together with the president of the students… ...

In Pictures: Malawi Police set fire to Chanco hostels

Jul 19, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 153 &

After protesting students from Chancellor College (Chanco) forced a convoy carrying the second lady of the United States, Malawi Police descended on the Campus to disperse the students. According to our source on the ground,… ...

BREAKING: Villagers join Chanco students against police in Zomba

Jul 19, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 240 &

...as students block US second lady Dr. Jill Biden convoy  Irked b the noise perhaps villagers around Matawale and Chinamwali  areas in the city of Zomba have joined another grouping of Chancellor College students who… ...

Chanco riots: 10 arrested as protests are set to continue

Jul 19, 2016 Malawi24 Reporter 58 &

Over ten students from the Chancellor College in Zomba are in police custody after being arrested during protests against the decision by the University of Malawi (Unima) to raise fees for generic and mature students.… ...