Month: February 2021 Posts

UNIMA delinking to go on

Feb 18, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The government has decided to continue the process of delinking University of Malawi (UNIMA) into three universities. UNIMA will become Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences MUBAS through Act No. 19 of 2019; the… ...

UNIMA delinking process cancelled

Jan 21, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) council has cancelled the process of delinking UNIMA constituent colleges after realizing that the decision taken in 2017 by the Senate and the council to delink the colleges was not… ...

Shock!! No sexual abuse policy at UNIMA

Nov 17, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

The University of Malawi (UNIMA) has no clear policy on sexual abuse and education experts say this is fueling sexual abuse cases on campuses, many of which are not reported. Education expert Benedicto Kondowe said… ...

Talking Blues: Sex for grades, sex for upkeep, sex for promotion? What a sick nation we are!

Nov 02, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Director-General Aubrey Sumbuleta is on forced leave due to sexual harassment allegations which some female members of staff leveled against him. Minister of Information Gospel Kazako confirmed this, saying: “He has… ...

UNIMA graduands petition Chakwera over delayed graduation

Oct 24, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka University of Malawi graduands have petitioned Malawi's President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to intervene on the delayed graduation which was supposed to be held last year. This follows the standoff which is there… ...

Malawi Polytechnic reopens this month

Jan 01, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

The Council of the University of Malawi says the Malawi Polytechnic will reopen on January 20. The college was closed in November after fire ripped through the top floor of Nyika Hostel which accommodates 268… ...

Malawi Polytechnic seeks K146m to reopen

Dec 06, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Malawi Polytechnic says it needs K146 million to reopen the institution and complete the second semester following fire that gutted down one of the hostels at the college. The fire incident which occurred on… ...

Fire destroys hostel at Malawi Polytechnic

Nov 26, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Fire has destroyed a hostel at The Malawi Polytechnic main campus in Blantyre and students are accusing the Malawi Police of causing the inferno. The fire incident has happened today at the college. According to… ...

University professors hit with Sexually Transmitted Grades scandal

Oct 14, 2019 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Following a BBC investigative documentary that professors and lecturers across universities in Ghana and Nigeria are sexually abusing female students in exchange for good grades, damning reports have implicated universities in Malawi. A few days… ...

Update: University of Malawi staff start strike

Oct 16, 2018 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Woes with the University of Malawi (Unima) constituent colleges are not ending at all. This morning, students across all the colleges are stranded with classes, study rooms and library closed in the wake of a… ...

Mutharika dissolves University of Malawi Council

Jun 19, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 30 &

President Peter Mutharika has dissolved the council of the University of Malawi (Unima) in what State House dubs as 'a bid to end labour disputes' at the university. Mutharika has directed government to mediate in… ...

Parents seek audience with Mutharika over Chanco closure

Jun 06, 2017 Luke Bisani 1 &

Concerned parents for students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of University of Malawi (UNIMA), have disclosed that they are to meet President Peter Mutharika to have talks on the closure of the college.… ...

Chanco students hopeful

May 02, 2017 Chikondi Magalasi 4 &

Chancellor College students have expressed optimism that their petition to University of Malawi (UNIMA) Chancellor, President Peter Mutharika, will be addressed. The students have uttered this with only five days gone since they delivered the… ...

Students demand Mutharika’s intervention on Chanco closure

Apr 28, 2017 Archangel Nzangaya 13 &

Students from Chancellor College (Chanco), a constituent college of University of Malawi (UNIMA), have asked for President Peter Mutharika's intervention on the continued closure of the institution. Chanco was closed late last year after academic… ...

Unima Got Talent resumes this month

Apr 01, 2017 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

The journey in the University of Malawi (Unima) Got Talent show faces resumption this April having paused in November last year. The talent show kicked off with auditions at three involved colleges of the University… ...