By Durell Namasani
Barely two weeks after the death of a fifth year student at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Asimenye Mzuma, the University has lost yet another student, Shadreck Zachariah, a first -year student in the Bachelor of Science in Earth Science programme.
According to a statement signed by the University’s Registrar Dr Duncan Batizani, the student died in the early hours of Sunday at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital after a long illness.

“Shadreck was withdrawn from studies during the first semester of the 2024/2025 academic year on medical grounds in order to focus on treatment and recovery,” reads the statement in part.
The body of the late Shadreck Zachariah is expected to be laid to rest on Monday, 2nd June,2025 at Nancholi in Blantyre.