Mugabe expected in Bulawayo on Friday

President Robert Mugabe is expected in Bulawayo on 13 November 2015 for the 21st National University of Science and Technology (Nust) graduation ceremony.

The NUST Director of Information and Publicity headed by Mr Felix Moyo inserted an advertisement in today's newspapers advising Graduands for the 2015 Graduation Ceremony that Graduation will be held on 13 November 2015.

The graduands will be drawn from the faculties of Applied Sciences, the Built Environment, Commerce, Communication and Information Science and Industrial Technology.

President Mugabe, who is the Chancellor of all State Universities is expected to lead the academic procession into the Ceremonial Hall where the graduands, their friends and relatives were waiting.

The President is expected to be escorted by the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, his deputy and the permanent secretary in the ministry, Dr Washington Mbizwo.

Nust Vice-Chancellor Professor Lindela Ndlovu recently said the university was fulfilling its mandate since its establishment in 1991, with one key area of the institution's founding principles being innovation and entrepreneurship.