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UZ triumphs in National Moot Court competition
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s Faculty of Law has once again proven its academic and practical excellence, emerging victorious in this year's International Human Rights national law moot court comp...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:26hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
On what basis is a law school named after Mnangagwa?
So, the MSU (Midlands State University) in Zimbabwe named its law school after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. This institution is currently under construction in the city of Kwekwe. ...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:37hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans prepare more for death than life
Zimbabweans prepare more for death than life with 76% of all insurance taken being funeral policies, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Group CEO, Samuel Matsekete has said.The uptake of life policies is low...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ngwabi Bhebhe declared national hero
Founding Midlands State University (MSU) Vice Chancellor Professor Ngwabi Bhebhe, who died yesterday, has been declared a national hero in recognition of his outstanding role as an academic, a great t...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
University, students
Great Zimbabwe University's auto billing system has come under criticism from students and parents who claim that the system is charging off-campus students for using the institution's accommodation f...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo Mayoress promises to tame corruption in council
The newly elected Masvingo City Mayoress Shantiel Chiwara has promised to arrest corruption in council as one of her major goals during her term following her election as top leader of the house....Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempt to dupe political victims backfires
A plan to dupe the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Gutu political violence victims who were brutalized by suspected Zanu-PF members last year by Masvingo town based activists backfired after one o...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Staff exodus hits State universities
A MASSIVE brain drain has hit the country's State universities with lecturers leaving the country in droves in protest over poor salaries, NewsDay Weekender has learnt.Great Zimbabwe Uni...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe speeds up medical training
ZIMBABWE is expediting the training of specialist health personnel to produce a critical mass attuned to the needs of the people while at the same time sustaining the country's development momentum th...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students arrested over fees demonstration
SIX Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) students were on Monday arrested for allegedly demonstrating against a recent fees hike by the institution.The six students are; Kimberly Joni, Ernest Liyal...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University campus radio goes on air
LUPANE State University (LSU)'s campus radio station is now on air and broadcasting from its base in the Matabeleland North provincial capital with the institution set to receive the outstanding studi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to allow foreign ownership of television stations
GOVERNMENT is set to allow foreign ownership of television stations up to 40 percent, Information deputy minister, Kindness Paradza, has said.Current legislation bars foreigners from owning a ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
GZU refutes corruption, nepotism claims
GREAT Zimbabwe University (GZU) has dismissed allegations of corruption and nepotism at the institution after workers alleged that over 50% of the university management staff were related.The ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Graft, nepotism allegations rock GZU
WORKERS at the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) have petitioned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira over corruption and nepotism amid ...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Varsity suspends 21 students for exposing theft of US$1 000 by Dean
GREAT Zimbabwe University (GZU) suspended 21 students representative council (SRC) leaders after leaking paper trail that detailed theft of a US$1 000 donation by the institution's dean of stude...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 17:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Birthday wishes pour in for Zuma, who remains hospitalised
Birthday wishes have been pouring in on social media for former President Jacob Zuma who celebrates his 80th birthday today.Zuma, who is currently out of jail on medical parole following his r...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Elections will force Zimbabwe to re-dollarise'
WHILE calls for dollarisation seem to be falling on deaf ears, an economics expert has predicted that government will give in to pressure and officially re-introduce the US dollar.Great Zimbab...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 specialist hospitals boost
GOVERNMENT is in the process of establishing specialist medical schools at four State universities, with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) already recruiting critical staff to t...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Captured' SA ConCourt trying to unscramble the illegal jailing of Jacob Zuma
The Constitutional Court has asked the legal teams of former president Jacob Zuma and other parties to submit documents addressing the international law and constitutional implications of his detentio...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African media condemned for 'censorship' as KZN protesters burn trucks
Freedom of expression groups and opposition parties have condemned South African media's decision to stop reporting on protests that have erupted in KwaZulu Natal, claiming the move disregarded the ri...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
KwaZulu Natal is burning, businesses shut due to protest action
Multiple major roads across the KwaZulu-Natal province, particularly the N2 and N3 highways, have been shut down this morning due to protests, according to various traffic reports on social media....Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'I never left Zanu-PF'
Masvingo businessman Pascal Mudzikisi who contested as an independent candidate against Minister Davis Marapira for the Masvingo North parliamentary seat in the 2018 general election, has now rejoined...Published: 08 May 2021 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
University fees hike ill-timed
The about 250 percent hike in university fees could not have come at a worse time for parents and guardians. As we reported, Government has approved fees increases for universities, following proposal...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
250% fees hike for varsities
Government has approved fees increases of up to 250 percent for universities, following proposals by tertiary institutions. Some State universities have announced their new fees structure which will s...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
GZU student counter sues lecturer
A married female student at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has counter-sued a senior lecturer for $5 million for alleged pain and suffering over sexual harassment, with the lecturer having already su...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Edison Zvobgo's sister dies
Petronella Mahoya nee Zvobgo, a veteran educationist and devout Catholic has died.Mahoya was a sister to the late national hero Edison Zvobgo and Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) Vice Chancello...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lecturer sues student for $3m
A lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has filed a $3 million defamation lawsuit against a female student who claimed that he failed her last year as punishment for spurning his love advances. ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Advocate Thabani Mpofu takes Tabani Mpofu head on
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu has dared Presidential anti-corruption special prosecution unit head Tabani Mpofu to produce his law degree to prove that he is qualified to h...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:43hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teacher steals exam students' laptops
A Mt Darwin primary school teacher has been slapped with a two-year jail term for stealing laptops and cell phones valued at $30 401 from candidates who were sitting for their examinations at a Great ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Apartheid spy' sues Zuma for R500,000
Former Cabinet minister and prominent ANC member Derek Hanekom is taking former president Jacob Zuma to court to the tune of R500 000 for defamation, Business Day reported. This follows a twee...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma laughs at Ramaphosa
Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma on Monday posted a tweet that was an indirect jibe at the embattled current President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa who is accused of ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Big retail shops comply with forex directive
A snap survey conducted yesterday revealed that several retail shops in Bulawayo had already complied with the new policy and were selling their products in local currency. Although others had adjuste...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZUPCO buses stuck at a fuel garage
ZUPCO buses were ground to a halt in Harare on Wednesday after garages ran out fuel. A video that has circulated on the internet shows the buses stranded at a fuel garage.The person who is tak...Published: 30 May 2019 at 12:20hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zinasu victory under threat
The Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (Zicosu) and Youth Advocacy for Reform and Development Students Congress (YardSC) have challenged the outcome of the recent Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) Stud...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to continue with confidence building measures
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will continue to pursue confidence building measures and is optimistic the recently secured US$500 million interbank facility will go a long way in stabilisi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still committed to migration to digital analogue'
ZIMBABWE is still committed to migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting but scarcity of foreign currency is hampering progress, a Cabinet Minister has said. Giving a public lecture at G...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe University fails to pay lecturers
GREAT Zimbabwe University in Masvingo has come under fire for failing to pay part-time lecturers' salaries since last year.Some of the affected lecturers told Sunday News that the university h...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'If we fail to adapt, we are doomed,' says Mutsvangwa
SalutationsLadies and gentlemen,It is my great pleasure to join you today, at a moment we are marking the 2019 World Press Freedom Day commemorations under the international theme "Med...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:39hrs | 5 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
'Unemployed youths recruited to destabilise Zimbabwe'
ZANU-PF youth league deputy secretary, Lewis Matutu last week alleged that unemployed young people were being recruited by "regime change agents" to destabilise the country through protests.Sp...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Know your Authors in Family and Religious Studies: Wilson Zivave
The New Curriculum in Zimbabwe has seen students and teachers alike struggle to have access to teaching aids particularly reading material, thereby relying on internet sources. In a number of circumst...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
Mnangagwa tells graduates to create their own jobs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week told over 3 000 Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) graduates that they should create their own jobs or risk sinking into oblivion as formal employment opportunities...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities to stop taking pride in high enrolment figures and glamorous infrastructure and focus on providing answers to the country's aspirations. He said t...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another 'useless' doctorate for Mnangagwa
GREAT Zimbabwe University yesterday awarded President Mnangagwa an Honorary Doctorate of Politics and International Relations (Honoris Causa) during its 12th graduation ceremony. The President...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa installed GZU Chancellor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives at the Great Zimbabwe University for the 12th graduation ceremony of the institutionPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa is at the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa installed GZU Chancellor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives at the Great Zimbabwe University for the 12th graduation ceremony of the institutionPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa is at the Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 12:55hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Dr Mnangagwa to officiate at GZU graduation, while economy burns
President Mnangagwa will today cap over 3 900 graduands during the Great Zimbabwe University's 12th graduation ceremony. It will be his first time to officiate at the graduation ceremony of the instit...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losing MP candidate forges signature, swindles GZU of US$4 000
Losing National Patriotic Front (NPF) Masvingo Urban parliamentary candidate in the July 30 harmonised election, Michael Taderera, stands implicated in a serious fraud case at Great Zimbabwe Universit...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is Advocate Thabani Mpofu?
Thabani Mpofu is a Zimbabwean lawyer and a constitutional law expect. Thabani is currently representing MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, in challenging the presidential results as announced by the...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Agencies
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