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Fire scare at Nust as blaze threatens campus buildings

Panic gripped the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo yesterday morning after a raging grass fire swept towards key buildings, threatening infrastructure worth millions of US dollars.The blaze, suspected to hav…

Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 07:18hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter

NUST professor found dead in a flat

The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is mourning the loss of one of its most respected academics, Associate Professor Bubuya Masola, who was found dead at his flat on Sunday. He was 69.The university's Director of Commu…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:55hrs | 1905 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe tourism industry bleeds US$40 million in 90 days

Zimbabwe's tourism industry is reeling from a steep downturn after losing nearly US$40 million in potential revenue during the first quarter of 2025, amid a silent but deadly investor exodus and persistent economic headwinds that have ratt…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:03hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter

Nust embarks on high impact projects

The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has announced plans to launch three major high-impact projects as part of its strategy to achieve self-sustainability, fully utilize human resources, and create significant revenue s…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:39hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa caps 3,201 at NUST

President Emmerson Mnangagwa presided over the graduation of 3,201 students at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) yesterday. The ceremony, held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre, marked a significant mil…

Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:22hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to commission Nust students' Complex

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Bulawayo today to preside over a series of significant events that underscore the Second Republic's commitment to infrastructural and educational development.Commissioning of the Bulawayo Students Accommo…

Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:33hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter

Nust shifts graduation venue to ZITF

The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has announced a venue change for its upcoming 30th graduation ceremony, moving the event from the university campus to the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre (ZIEC) due to the …

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:46hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter

NUST conducts 10 000 DNA paternity tests

Since acquiring specialised equipment in 2014, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST)'s Applied Genetics Testing Centre (AGTC) has conducted over 10,000 paternity tests, making it a leader in innovation and technology in …

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:44hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

Construction of NUST library resumes after 20-year halt

Construction of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Central Library, stalled at 30 percent two decades ago, will resume next year following a Structural Integrity Assessment certifying the building fit for construction…

Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:08hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to commission NUST Innovation Centre

President Mnangagwa will commission a new Technology Innovation Centre at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), which has saved US$200,000 by taking over its construction projects. This initiative follows Mnangagwa's "N…

Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:52hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Nust students barred from exams over fees

Several National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students have been prevented from taking exams due to unpaid tuition fees. Some students, including those who made partial payments, were unable to register for their modules on …

Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Renowned Nust lecturer dies

RENOWNED researcher and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer who also chaired the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) executive board, Dr Lerato Nare has died. He was 59. Dr Nare passed on at Mpilo Central Hospi…

Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Slow progress of Nust projects

THE Government has raised concern over the slow pace that the administration at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo is taking in completing key development projects, saying there is a glaring misalignment w…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tribalist student caged for racial profiling

A NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) student will forever rue the day he decided to post a provocative tribal comment on his X page demeaning Ndebele people, as he has been arraigned before the courts. The 24-year-ol…

Published: 29 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

BHA ventures in anti-drug campaign

BULAWAYO Handball Association (BHA) has stepped up efforts to eliminate drug and substance abuse in the province through sports. The association hosted their first drugs and substance abuse awareness campaign tournament which will att…

Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 08:52hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes

Mnangagwa caps 2,996 graduands at Nust

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 996 graduands at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), among them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere who graduated with a PhD in Developme…

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo students' complex already full

SPACE at the US$17 million student accommodation complex in Bulawayo is reportedly full as a number of students from different institutions have taken up residence with hundreds who have been making enquiries failing to get accommodated, i…

Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe tertiary students moan fee hikes

University students across Zimbabwe have bemoaned the recent hike in tuition and accommodation fees, while some have taken the matter to the courts.Other students failed to access their results after facing challenges in paying the fees.Mo…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

NUST retrenchments reversed

The National University of Science and Technology, has reversed staff retrenchments effected last month advising those affected to go back to work.Last month, Nust reportedly retrenched over 60 staff members.Some of the affected staffers h…

Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 17:51hrs | 1 | 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 Science and Technology (NUST) female st…

Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

â€˜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 partnered NUST to introduce the basic utility sci…

Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:32hrs | 3 | 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 depending with the faculty per semester last week …

Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:46hrs | 55 | 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 Bulawayo whose enrolment increased from 2…

Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 5 | 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 flats complex dubbed "Bulawayo Students City" …

Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:10hrs | 9 | 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 mordenisation, which has seen it receiving the…

Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | 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 enrolment of medical students thereby cont…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 6 | 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 Sibanda, taking over the chairpersonship.…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 39 | 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 larger commercial projects in mines and irr…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | 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 reduction of fuel prices.The committee has en…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1 | 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 member of the Bulawayo Fire Brigade that had bee…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2 | 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 from the Bulawayo Polytechnic College to w…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 3 | 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 Bulawayo's re-industrialisation agenda.Nu…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nust donates Mnangagwa's biography to libraries

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) yesterday donated President Mnangagwa's biography to 36 libraries in Bulawayo so that school children and the youth can be inspired to lead.As part of the commemoration of June 16, T…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Universities to copy Nust accommodation model

THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) will replicate the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student accommodation model at other universities to curb shortages at tertiary institutions.IDBZ chief executiv…

Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Nust students coming up with innovative technological solutions

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students and academics are coming up with innovative technological solutions to national problems, a testimony that they have adapted to the demands of the Heritage-based Education 5…

Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Nust hosts Zusa Games

THE Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association Games with nine sporting disciplines get underway in Bulawayo on Wednesday with the National University of Science and Technology the hosts.University students from 16 universities will go up ag…

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Nust receives $125m for construction works

GOVERNMENT has released $125 million to the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) for construction works, a development that will positively impact on the construction industry in Bulawayo.Construction works at Nust have bee…

Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Construction to resume at NUST

CONSTRUCTION work at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) that had stalled for almost two decades is set to resume after Government allocated $1 billion to the institution of higher learning for infrastructure developme…

Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

NUST starts making PCR test kits

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is set to start manufacturing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) kits next month following delivery of a US$86 000 reagents manufacturing machine.The country has been importing PCR kits…

Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Late Professor Phineas Makhurane's wife dies

LATE national hero and National University of Science and Technology (Nust) founding Vice Chancellor Professor Phineas Makhurane's wife Lydia has died. Mrs Makhurane died last Thursday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) two days after …

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 17:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Nust to manufacture Covid-19 testing kits

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has procured a US$87 000 Covid-19 reagents manufacturing machine and it is expected to be delivered in the next two months. The new machine will enable the country to detect various …

Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Stranded Nust students beg for food

NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are stranded in Bulawayo after government imposed travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the university's student representative council (SRC) to launch a camp…

Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nust student commits suicide

A part four student at the National University of Science and Technology studying towards a Degree in Biology and Biochemistry Alpha Kayeruza committed suicide by throwing himself in a dam in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central province on Saturda…

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Nust director applies genetics to farming

MOST people know him as the director of the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) Applied Genetics Testing Centre involved in DNA testing.Mr Zephaniah Dhlamini was among the frontline workers in Bulawayo leading the city's…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Construction at Nust to resume this year

THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo will this year commence construction work after Government reached an agreement with previous contractors to terminate their contracts.The university has become synonymou…

Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mr President open Ekusileni Hospital - People are Dying

In June 2018, ahead of the July 2018 general elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the government had engaged the Indian Sharda Group of Institutions (SGI) to operate the health facility, Ekusileni Hospital. In March, 2020…

Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Dr Edwin Moyo

NUST to conduct Gukurahundi DNA tests

GOVERNMENT is working on a law that will guide the process of exhumations of the remains of Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland and the Midlands with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) expected to conduct the genetic …

Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa caps 2 528 Nust graduates

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 528 graduates at the University of Science and Technology (nust) where he launched the US$2 000 Chancellor's prize to be given to outstanding science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates…

Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Underestimated Way to Success

Aldreen T. Munyoro belongs to the generation of 'purpose driven' young people in Zimbabwe, who, despite awkward circumstances in life are full of optimism. The twenty-one year old National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Quanti…

Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Brian Maregedze

Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane: A hero of many talents

Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane was a giant in terms of his contributions to society, and is very difficult to encapsulate in a mere obituary.He was simple and highly approachable while at the same time full of help and advice.Truly a Zimbabwea…

Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Emeritus Professor Ngwabi M Bhebhe

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