Month: March 2023 Posts

UNIMA student commits suicide

Mar 08, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Stanley Mzumara, 24, a third year student at University of Malawi (UNIMA) in Zomba has hanged himself in his rented house in Chikanda location. Deputy Public Relations Officer for Zomba Police Station Sergeant Aaron Chilala… ...

UNIMA bows down to employees’ demands

Dec 11, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

University of Malawi (UNIMA) Council has reversed its decision to stop payment of retirement benefits to members of staff following protests from the employees. On 29 November, the university council shocked staff when it announced… ...

UNIMA staff protest council’s decision to stop service gratuity

Dec 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) Council has angered its employees including lecturers after the council unilaterally decided to stop service gratuity that staff members get as terminal benefits upon retirement. This was done with no… ...

UNIMA’s moot court discusses mismanagement of K6.2 billion Covid funds

Oct 16, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Judge of the High Court,  Justice Mike Tembo, says he was impressed with the public moot held in the high court by  University of Malawi (UNIMA)  third year law students who made presentations on the… ...

New UNIMA Students’ Council president pledges to engage ESCOM over blackouts

Oct 01, 2022 Raphael Likaka 0 &

University of Malawi (UNIMA) students have  elected Humble C Banda as president of the Students Representative Council and Banda has pledged to engage Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) so that UNIMA campus should be… ...

UNIMA students to elect president of students council

Sep 29, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

University of Malawi (UNIMA) students are expected to elect president of university students representative council tomorrow. Third year students, Ekari Orama Mathuka and Humble C Banda, will contest for presidency. Mathuka who is a current… ...

Malawi Police apologise for firing teargas within University of Malawi campus

Sep 26, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Police Service has apologised to University of Malawi (UNIMA) students after the law enforcers used teargas within the university as the police struggled to control students who were protesting. Eastern Region Commissioner Violet Magwaya… ...