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Chiredzi chancer fakes O-Levels to join Bulawayo nursing school
A 20-year-old man from Chiredzi, Jonathan Mukwenha, is in police custody after attempting to secure a place in a nursing programme using a forged Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) certific...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:34hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cracks down on fake PhDs
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has raised alarm over the rising number of unregistered institutions operating illegally, issuing fraudulent undergraduate and postgraduate qualifica...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 10:13hrs | 17399 | by Staff reporter
A Step in the Right Direction, but Long Overdue
Zimbabwe's higher education sector has been plagued by a silent but dangerous crisis, the rampant issuance and use of fraudulent qualifications. It is, therefore, commendable that the Zimbabwe C...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 20:55hrs | 749 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
The Crisis of Fake Qualifications in Zimbabwe
The prevalence of fake academic qualifications in Zimbabwe is a pressing issue that continues to undermine public trust in government and institutions. A recent case involving Harare City Council's Ta...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:31hrs | 2837 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Rise of fake degree phenomenon
IN Zimbabwe, there has been a growing distasteful trend of people who have forged their qualifications, especially certificates, diplomas, bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees.With an unem...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Academic fraud of satanic proportions exposed in Harare
Former top manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), Florence Chimbumu, who was exposed recently for using fake certificates when only a single Ordinary Level pass could be certif...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
A tale of Zimbabwe's oxymoronic justice system
THE justice system in Zimbabwe is an oxymoron. It's difficult to understand how the law operates, but one is tempted to conclude that incarceration in Zimbabwe is just designed for the poor and those ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Muchemwa Silence Mugadzaweta
Senior manager lived large with one O-Level
The former top operations manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche), Mrs Florence Chimbunu, who was exposed recently for using allegedly fake certificates when only a single O-Leve...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New broom sweeping clean, let's rally behind the new dispensation!
Dear Zimbabweans, My fellow countrymen I salute you in the name of love, peace, harmony and development. God bless us.Well I don't know where to start from but one thing for certain Zimbab...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 11:59hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Storm over Mnangagwa's health minister's 'fake' qualifications
The government has refused to respond to allegations that Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo is using fake qualifications to masquerade as a medical doctor.Justice minister Ziyambi Zi...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga South MP questions minister of Health's qualifications
Binga South MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda has questioned the qualifications of the Minister of Health Obadiah Moyo following the claims that he was not a qualified doctor."I think I have got a righ...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vulnerability of politicians when they fall from grace
Political leaders appear to be saints for as long as they are in power but tumble off that pedestal of cleanliness once they are out of the power equation.This, however, is not limited to Zimb...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Eddie Zvinonzwa
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | 2 | by CZ
Fake doctorates: Jonathan Moyo; person to face jail is 'Dr.' Grace Mugabe
It is indeed selective morality: a travesty of justice: it is ludicrous to the highest order. Jonathan Moyo tells us that those who fake degrees or purchase degrees should face jail. By that same logi...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 11:26hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chihuri's 13 years on job with fake qualifications
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority's (Zimra) Director of Loss Control Mr Charlton Chihuri only has four Ordinary Level subjects but has been working at the revenue authority for the past 13 years afte...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia drags feet on Zimbabwe qualifications
TWENTY-EIGHT Namibian graduates who studied at institutions in Zimbabwe are having trouble convincing the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) that their qualifications are legitimate.This follo...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 14:48hrs | | by Theresia Tjihenuna
Bogus Zimbabwean academic certificates used in Namibia
FAKE qualifications from Zimbabwe have been unearthed in Namibia as the government there intensifies efforts to rid the job market of desperate academic fraudsters.Press reports said the numbe...Published: 07 Jan 2015 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff writer
23 Namibians nabbed over fake Zimbabwean qualifications
WINDHOEK - Twenty-three Namibians were arrested by the police last week for allegedly possessing fake qualifications obtained from bogus colleges in Zimbabwe.The young men and women had allege...Published: 21 Oct 2014 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Angel denies buying 'fake' online business degree
LONDON - Flamboyant Zimbabwe preacher Prophet Uebert Angel has angrily denied buying a fake online business degree with a 'diploma-mill scheme' that was eventually shut down by authorities in the U...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man becomes company CEO using fake qualifications
A Bulawayo man, Torarama Gutu (49) allegedly duped Modzone Enterprise Pvt Ltd officials that he possessed an Executive Masters in Business Administration degree and got employed as a managing directo...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exam results scandal rocks Zimbabwe Open University
HARARE – A serious examinations' results scandal has rocked the Zimbabwe Open University (Zou), throwing the authenticity of some students' qualifications into serious doubt. The sca...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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