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MZUNI PRESIDENT DISCHARGED FROM ISOLATION

MZUNI PRESIDENT DISCHARGED FROM ISOLATION By Saidi Winnes Mzuzu University’s President for the Student Union John Gonapamuhanya Gondwe was of February 5,2021 discharged from isolation where he has spent two weeks,after testing negative to COVID-19 Gonapamuhanya confirmed the development in a whatsapp interview saying he has been discharged from isolation ” I tested positive two weeks ago and…

By: Steve Chipala

As Malawi continues to make strides towards promoting the film industry, the palm-fringed Mzuzu University (MZUNI), on Sunday afternoon played host to the International Images Film (IIF) mini festival for women April 2016.

Chavula (C) with Friends at the Festival

Speaking to the lively audience after the festival, Malawi’s renowned award-winning movie star, Joyce Chavula, who was part of the IIF team, indicated that she was pleased with the turn up for the event and that there are more opportunities for Malawian young actors in the movie industry.

“I’m pleased with this overwhelming patronage. Driving all the way from Lilongwe, I never anticipated such a support from the audience. We’ve taken this festival to a number of universities here in Malawi but the turn up wasn’t all that impressive as we can see here. This has really impressed me. Let me also find this opportunity to encourage young actors from this university, from Mzuzu as well as across the country that there are so many open opportunities on the international film industry and what is required is determination, passion and hard work despite whatever glitches one may face,” said Chavula.

Commenting on the event, the Country Coordinator for the Lilongwe-based Story Club Malawi, Shadreck Chikoti, noted that Malawian artists should forge ahead in developing and exploring new avenues in their career.

“Malawi has the potential to make new strides in as far as the arts are concerned. In fact, I’m very proud to give you an example of one of the organisers of this event, Wesley Macheso, who is also a lecturer in the Department of Languages and Literature here at MZUNI, standing to my right here. Wesley’s short stories have been shortlisted in various short story competitions in Uganda and across the African continent, and in 2015 he won the Peer Gynt Literary awards. This is a vivid example that Malawian youths have the potential to make it in the arts,” said Chikoti.

The mini festival showcased two movies from Africa, ‘Two Villages Apart’, written by the renowned playwright Donald Mobide as a social commentary on the ripple effects of political hatred between Zimbabwe’s opposing sides, MDC and ZANU PF; as well as ‘Damaru’, a movie directed by Africa’s own, Agbor Obed.

The 2016 IIF festival was held in partnership with the Story Club Malawi. The IIF festival is an annual event that seeks to promote the movie industry across Africa and to accord an opportunity for African actors to get international exposure.

By: Chikondi Magalasi

Malawi government has promised to build a library for students at Mzuzu University after serious fire gutted its library a couple of months ago.

APM: Vows to build a new library

Addressing the congregation in the Great Hall at Chancellor College in Malawi’s old capital, Zomba, President Peter Mutharika assured the students of the new library.

“The government is aware of what happened to Mzuzu University library and I will make sure that the institution has a new library,” promised the President.

Mzuni Library was destroyed by fire in December last year when students were preparing for the end of semester examinations and it is reported to have destroyed almost 50,000 books.

Firefighters arrived at the scene late as the fire spread quickly to the book shelves. Students worked tirelessly to save the books and computers that were in the library but it was too late to rescue anything from the inferno.

Preliminary reports suggested that an electrical fault was the main cause of the fire but University officials could neither deny nor confirm the suspicions citing all will be confirmed upon receiving a comprehensive report from the experts.

At the Congregation, The Malawi leader added that his government is also aware of the problems that other University staff and students are going through.

The President commended the Chancellor College for being the only accommodate people with special needs and he urged that something should be done quickly in all colleges and universities in the country to be more inclusive