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NUST retrenches workers
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has reportedly retrenched over 60 staff members.The "retrenched workers are reportedly non-academic, however, there are reports that mo...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:16hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe curriculum review consultations start
THE continuous assessment learning activities (CALA) are expected to be put under the spotlight as the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry conducts two-day curriculum review consultation meetings...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Minister 'torments' NUST female student
The Minister of State responsible for Agricultural Colleges, Water Resources, and Irrigation Development, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Davis Marapira, has allegedly brought a National University of ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2986 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo needs to be prime shooting location for films'
The Zimbabwe International Film and Festival Trust (ZIFFT) in partnership with Bulawayo-based Rebel Film Productions brought together 10 production studios for a meeting at the Nust American Space in ...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni challenge 'not abandoned'
A court application challenging the government's planned seizure of Esidakeni Estate, a coveted former dairy farm in Matabeleland North, is still pending before the courts and has not been "abandoned"...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:48hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko family feud plays out on social media
THE family of former Vice-President Mr Phelekezela Mphoko has been thrown in turmoil following claims by his son, Siqokoqela, that Mrs Laurinda Mphoko is not his biological mother. The issue h...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
‘NUST hijacked my idea'
LOCAL innovator Enock Paradzayi is demanding compensation from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) after the institution allegedly hijacked his innovation.Paradzayi had pa...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:32hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
NUST wins CFA Institute Research Challenge
A team from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has won the local competition of the CFA Institute Research Challenge after beating teams drawn from seven other local universities...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:24hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
6 NUST students feared dead as horror crash claims 9
Six students from Bulawayo's National University of Science and Technology (NUST) are believed to have perished Thursday in a horrific road traffic accident which killed nine people, according to poli...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:14hrs | 2281 | by Staff reporter
Grand Palm Lodge owner dies, burial tomorrow
SENIOR citizen, seasoned businesswoman and Grand Palm Lodge proprietor Mrs Phyllis Pamie Majele-Sibanda who died last Saturday will be buried at Denver Farm on the outskirts of Bulawayo tomorrow....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Nust students plan celebratory bash after university reduces fees
STUDENTS at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) are planning a big party to celebrate the reversal of a fees increase of more than 100 percent that the institution had announced l...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:49hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Nust reverts to 2022 fee structure
THE National University of Science and Technology Nust has reverted to fees that were adopted in September 2022 following a student protest on 27 February.The fees that had risen to US$720 dep...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:46hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Students shutdown NUST
Students barricaded gates and forced a shutdown of the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo on Monday to protest a shock fees increase.The university later abandoned the n...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:33hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Form 4 Maths not adding up
ORDINARY-LEVEL Mathematics is arguably the most dreaded subject in the country with statistics showing that less than a fifth of candidates manage to pass it.This has seen some attempting to r...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:17hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by paternity fraud
THE case of a prominent Bulawayo pathologist Dr Roger Kruger Hendrick Chigangacha who sued his ex-girlfriend, Natasha Popova Sibanda, a former actress in the TV drama Amakorokoza for US$163 000 ...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 2548 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean model crowned Miss Planet International runner up
BULAWAYO model, Jemima Mandemwa was recently crowned 1st runner up in the Miss Planet International beauty pageant held in Cambodia, Asia.Mandemwa, a Finance and Banking Graduate from NUST was...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Nust medicine enrolment increases
Destiny Mlilo started his life-long ambition of being a medical doctor on Tuesday as part of 60 first-year School of Medicine students at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bu...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Nust students complex awaits Mnangagwa commissioning
THE Government, through the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ), has completed constructing the massive US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo.The multi-purpose...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 2032 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster cop dupes victim number 9
A ROGUE police officer who was recently remanded out of custody for allegedly conning people while in uniform has allegedly struck again as he swindled a local business man of $419 760. Sergea...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:52hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
She is a living LEGEND and a HERO!
Barbara Makhalisa, also known by her married name as Barbara Nkala, is a teacher, Zimbabwean writer, Ndebele translator, novelist, editor and publisher, one of the earliest female writers published in...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 09:02hrs | 4777 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Malunga and partners continue to fight 'unjust' prosecution
The lawyer representing the three Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited directors has moved to try and halt the trial in which the latter are being accused of illegally occupying Esidakeni Farm in Nyaman...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Staff shortage hits Zimbabwe universities
THE country's institutions of higher learning have been hit by acute staff shortages caused by mass exodus of academics due to poor remuneration and working conditions, NewsDay has been informed....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube adds impetus to Nust projects
GOVERNMENT is placing special attention on construction works at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as it is poised to be a bedrock of the country's industrialisation and mordeni...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Tribalistic govt overlooks Prof Solwayo Ngwenya for Mpilo Hospital's top job
Professor Solwayo Ngwenya has reportedly been overlooked for the Mpilo Central Hospital substantive chief executive officer job with the former United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) acting chief executive of...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:47hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa installed GSU Chancellor, caps first graduands
GWANDA State University (GSU)witnessed the installation of President Mnangagwa as its first Chancellor and the capping of 15 pioneer students at the institution's inaugural graduation ceremony yesterd...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:23hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
NUST enrolment drive seeks to curb Zimbabwe's critical skills deficit
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has increased the enrolment of medical students and introduced new degree programmes in an effort to counter the country's critical skills defi...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Electrical fault at NUST graduation ceremony
An electrical fault briefly interrupted proceedings during a graduation ceremony at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo on Friday.According to sources, this ti...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for Nust graduation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Bulawayo last night ahead of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) 28th graduation ceremony today.The President landed at the Joshua Mqabuko N...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Robotics, software laboratory for Bulawayo pupils
PUPILS aged 11 and above can now start learning robotics and software engineering in Bulawayo following the launch of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) start-up laboratory in t...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm invader ordered to pay US$340,000 to Malunga and partners
THE Bulawayo High Court has ordered Zanu-PF linked Bulawayo businessman Dumisani Madzivanyathi to pay US$340,000 to Esidakeni farm owners in Nyamandlovu in Matebeleland North.Madzivanyathi and...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:58hrs | 2776 | by Staff reporter
NUST cleared to start medical school
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Faculty of Medicine has been granted Medical School status after meeting international standards, a development that will see it increasing enr...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Engineer Alvord Mabena retires as Nust council chairman
ENGINEER Alvord Mabena has retired as the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) council chairman after serving the institution for 15 years, with his deputy, Professor Lindiwe Majele Si...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
NUST student has solutions to power challenges
HE started with developing a unique dry biomass-powered prototype machine in 2020, which has the capacity to pump up to 60 000 litres of water per hour, a model that could be scaled up for use on larg...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 8945 | 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 | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities adjust fees structures
STATE universities in the country have raised their tuition fees in line with regional trends to cover operational costs.Lupane State University (LSU) released their new fee's stru...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire fighter dies in veld fire operation
THE family of a fire fighter who succumbed to burns he suffered while on duty at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) two weeks ago, suspects foul play in his death.Fanyana...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Concern over reluctance to reduce prices
THE Parliamentary committee on Industry and Commerce has expressed concern over the reluctance by the business sector to reduce prices of goods and services in line with sustained and continued reduct...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Human remains found at Nust
SUSPECTED human remains were found behind the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' residential campus yesterday afternoon.The remains were allegedly discovered by a m...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Nust students centre nears completion
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' service centre is nearing completion with the structure set to be finished before year-end after the university roped in artisans fro...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Mkoba Teachers' College starts producing liquid fertilisers
Mkoba Teachers' College (MTC) in Gweru, Midlands Province has started producing vegetable and fruit pickles, herbs and liquid fertilisers in line with Education 5.0 philosophy.The liquid ferti...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
US$30 million for Lupane State University students accommodation
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has released US$30m for the construction of Lupane State University student accommodation and work has already begun in earnest on the seven-hect...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 11:05hrs | 780 | by Staff Reporter
Nust sets up factories
PLASTIC container making, honey and fruit processing factories have been established at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as the institution angles to play a critical role in Bu...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Migration of qualified staff, unprocedural appointments rocks LSU
Lupane State University is facing serious migration of qualified personnel to sister universities amid revelations the university is now opting for unprocedural recruitment of lecturing staff....Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 17:01hrs | 3671 | by Stephen Jakes
'Esidakeni persecutions counterproductive'
ZAPU leader Sibangilizwe Nkomo has described the continuing wrangle around the ownership of Esidakeni farm as counter revolutionary.The wrangle is between Kershelmar Farms Private Limited (the...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for Mine Entra
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived in Bulawayo last night ahead of today's official opening of the 25th edition of the Mining, Engineering and Transport (Mine Entra) at the ZITF exhibition centre.The...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu left Esidakeni farm in a huff
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu yesterday left Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu in a huff after human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners won a Supreme Court case a...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda State University complex to boost mineral beneficiation
THE construction of an Engineering Laboratory and Innovation Complex at Gwanda State University is set to spur mineral beneficiation and exploration initiatives as the country moves towards attaining ...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Injury forces Nyoni into early retirement
FORMER Highlanders and Caps United winger Gabriel Nyoni has been forced into retirement about a year-and-a-half since he sustained an injury while in the colours of South African second-tier club Cape...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 18:33hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
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