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Zimbabwe setting up 67 makeshift isolation centres
THE Government is working on establishing 67 makeshift isolation centres, producing and importing medicines, acquiring protective clothing and producing masks and hand sanitisers for distribution amon...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1941 | by Staff reporter
'Nust well-equipped for Covid-19 tests'
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust)'s Applied Genetic Testing Centre has the capacity to test for coronavirus, the germ that causes Covid-19. In an interview yesterday, th...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:55hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Harare Institute of Technology develops ventilator
The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has developed a ventilator which it is testing before trials begin, with the potential of making 40 such gadgets per day, while other tertiary institutions are...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:51hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing to decentralise
Government is decentralising laboratory testing for coronavirus specimens with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo joining the National Reference Laboratory in Harare ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:35hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Recruitment freeze grounds Mpilo
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo is lobbying Government to scrap the staff recruitment freeze in the health sector as hospitals are hamstrung due to staff shortages leading to poor service delivery ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
MSU seeks to set up medical school in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to have a second medical school after the Midlands State University (MSU) applied for land to set up its Faculty of Medicine in the city. The Medical and Dental Practitioners C...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:42hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
MSU lecturers down tools
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) lecturers have joined the growing list of State universities' workers who have downed tools in the past few days following a meeting on February 28.MSU employee...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
Prof Murwira promises to resolve Nust strike
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturers yesterday declared that they were incapacitated to work. Incapacitation loosely translates to a strike as workers would be saying their s...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
NUST wins Local CFA Institute Research Challenge
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won the local CFA Institute Research Challenge and advances to the next round where it will compete with universities from Europe, Middle E...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Nust students face disciplinary action
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has said two students who fought during a lecture last week will be disciplined. The university yesterday dismissed claims that the two...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Nust students fight over lecturer
TWO students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo were on Thursday involved in a fight during a lecture amid claims that the row was over a lecturer.The seco...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:15hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
NUST lectures declares incapacitation
The National University of Science and Technology Educators' Association (NUSTEDA) today officially declared incapacitation on behalf of all NUST teaching staff.In a letter addressed to Profes...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 14:41hrs | 2972 | by Staff Reporter
Meet Mukudzeishe Madzivire: Zimbabwe's child President from Bulawayo
Many people are not aware that the Child President concept in Zimbabwe is one of the major grooming grounds to produce future leaders who occupy positions of influence. Perhaps the most known ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2729 | by Mandla Ndlovu
My last 10 years
The year 2009 was another year to Zimbabweans.The country had just come out of a violent general elections in 2008.The elections were not conclusive. Zanu had won elections against Tsvangirai's MDC bu...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 97 | by Etiwel Mutero
Lecturers boycott parallel classes
LECTURERS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo have stopped teaching parallel classes in fear that they will not be paid.The lecturers have on numerous occas...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Two Zimbabwean students headed to Oxford
Two final year students at National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo have been selected for the prestigious 2020 Rhodes Scholarships to further their studies at Oxford Universit...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:32hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Varsities accept payment plans
STATE universities have started accepting payment plans from students for tuition fees in response to an outcry by the learners and parents over the recent fees hike. The Government recently p...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda boy who scored 16 points at A-Level appeals for funding
Arnold Ndlovu from Mankonkoni Village in the Patana area of Gwanda South constituency, who scored 16 points at A-Level, has been struggling for 2 years to secure a place at university due to lack of f...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
Nust hunts for Mazithulela replacement
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has started hunting for Dr Gatsha Mazithulela replacement since his latest appointment as a deputy director-general in the President's Departme...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt universities defer intakes
STATE universities have suspended February intakes as they are aligning their curricula to the Zimbabwe National Qualification Framework. Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Universities hike fees
LOCAL universities have announced their new fee structures which will see students paying between $5 000 and $9 000 per semester depending on their programmes. The National University of Science and T...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
We have a full-blown crisis
Phew!What a frenzied week it was as those brats, who are used to hogging TV remote controls or causing unending trouble during holidays, were finally banished to school, where they rightfully ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 258 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa comes out of leave to make key CIO appointments
President Emmerson Mnangagwa made two key senior appointments in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) on Wednesday, despite being on leave.The appointment of Gatsha Mazithulela, the for...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1938 | by Staff reporter
Nust academic appointed CIO boss
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed academic and Nust Pro Vice Chancellor Gatsha Mazithulela as deputy director General in the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).In a stateme...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 15:47hrs | 8836 | by Staff Reporter
Zimpapers partners Nust in repositioning uMthunywa
Zimpapers, in partnership with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), recently held a media innovation challenge in Bulawayo to come up with a strategy for repositioning uMthunywa n...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:32hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Economic hardships study underway in Bulawayo suburbs
A STUDY is underway in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi District to establish how it could withstand economic hardships and overcome some of its challenges. The National University of Science and Technolo...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:00hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
NUST lecturers threaten to boycott classes
Lecturers at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have threatened to withdraw their services in self-funding programmes if the university management does not pay them their outstan...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:41hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa releases $20m for innovation hubs
THE Mnangagwa led government has so far released $20 million towards operationalising innovation hubs which are being constructed across the country, Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwir...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Top hotelier, Radisson, eyes Bulawayo
NEGOTIATIONS between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and international hotel group, Radisson Group, for construction of an upmarket hotel in the second city have started inearnest.Radisson...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1302 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2784 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa challenges graduates to modernise Zimbabwe industry
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities and colleges to ensure their graduates are equipped to provide solutions, services and products to propel Zimbabwe's modernisation and industriali...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:03hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept: Heavy rains with violent storms predicted
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has predicted heavy rains accompanied by violent thunderstorms with possible flash floods with effect from this evening. The announcement comes at ...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 9693 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa awarded honorary PhD at NUST
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was yesterday awarded an honorary Doctorate degree in the Philosophy of Education (Honoris Causa) by the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) during the institution...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1429 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gets Doctorate in Philosophy of Education
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has just been conferred with an honorary degree from the National University of Science and Technology with a Doctorate in Philosophy of Education degree For his work in c...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 10:56hrs | 2110 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday arrived in Bulawayo where he is scheduled to commission 79 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses and officiate at the National University of Science and Technol...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:54hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission new Zupco buses in Bulawayo on Friday
BULAWAYO is set to have 76 more Zupco buses to ease transport problems in the province, with President Mnangagwa expected to commission them on Friday. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Jud...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa for Byo Zupco launch
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Friday launch Zupco buses in Bulawayo to service different routes in the city.Mnangagwa will also preside over the Nust graduation on the day and also laun...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 15:20hrs | 1889 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Nust innovation hub on graduation day
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will this Friday officially commission the National University of Science and Technology Innovation Hub in Bulawayo in an event that will coincide with the institution's 25th gradu...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:47hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players motivate pupils
FORMER Gifford High School pupils and now Highlanders players, Bukhosi Sibanda and Munyaradzi Chitambwe, were the toast of the day after giving motivational speeches at the school as part of an initia...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:56hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
How the Zimbabwean government has side-lined the people of Matabeleland
In Zimbabwe if your surname does not sound a particular way, one does not have a chance of success in life. The discrimination in Zimbabwe has been embedded and entrenched in every structure and pract...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 15:32hrs | 3512 | by Thulani Nkala
NUST develops Zimbabwe's first trolley bus
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is developing Zimbabwe's first prototype electric bus which it expects to improve the country's public transportation system. Aleck Ncu...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Residents tell council to scrap housing waiting list
Residents in Bulawayo have urged the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to scrap the housing waiting list system as a way of improving transparency and dealing with corruption in the allocation of residentia...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 12:32hrs | 2975 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 917 | by Staff Reporter
Cyrene High old boys rescue destroyed school
CYRENE High School has received a donation of roofing sheets from former pupils to repair two hostels whose roofs were destroyed by a whirlwind last month. Speaking at the handover ceremony at...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Men slammed for sexually abusing women in buses
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube has blasted men who are taking advantage of transport challenges to sexually assault women and girls in crowded buses and kombis. In an interv...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:03hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele nursing students deliberately failed?
We have been inundated with calls and messages from the public following the Mpilo tribal fiasco. A lot of people have expressed gratitude and many thanks to Team MRP for standing up for them. Accordi...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:49hrs | 204 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Thulani Khumalo takes over as Rotaract club of NUST President
On the 12th of October, the Rotaract club of NUST held the 2019 induction dinner for the incoming president, Thulani Khumalo. The event was graced by the President of the Rotarary club of Bula...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:21hrs | 573 | by own correspondent
Nust students urged to come up with diaper recycling methods
BULAWAYO councillors have resolved to engage students from National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to come up with diaper recycling methods to address increasing levels of litter in the c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over high graduation fees
GRADUANDS at various universities are in a quandary over whether they will be able to graduate after most institutions announced exorbitant graduation fees.Most universities hold their graduat...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Nust deputy bursar quits
A DEPUTY bursar - finance and administration at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Mr Reaboka Noko has reportedly resigned amid allegations that he embezzled funds from the...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
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