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Dexter Nduna finally graduates

Former Chegutu West legislator and Zanu-PF Central Committee member, Dexter Nduna, has officially earned his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) during the institution's 44th graduation ceremony held on Frida…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa caps 6,918 UZ graduates

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday capped 6 918 graduates at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), with authorities declaring that the institution's growing human capital base has positioned it as a leader in research, innovation, and indus…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

UZ graduation proceeds amid 'retrogressive' strike

University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo has labelled striking academics from the Association of University Teachers (AUT) as "retrogressive," a day after the High Court dismissed an AUT application to halt today'…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:28hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter

High Court throws out bid to halt UZ graduation ceremony

High Court Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube has dismissed an urgent application by the Association of University Teachers (AUT) seeking to stop the University of Zimbabwe's (UZ) 44th graduation ceremony scheduled for tomorrow, to be preside…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 20:37hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter

High Court to hear urgent bid to halt UZ graduation

The High Court in Harare is set to hear an urgent application by the Association of University Teachers (AUT) seeking to stop the University of Zimbabwe's (UZ) 44th graduation ceremony scheduled for tomorrow, which is to be presided over b…

Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 15:57hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers withdraw application to stop graduation ceremony

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has confirmed that an urgent court application seeking to block its upcoming 44th Graduation Ceremony has been withdrawn.In a statement issued on Tuesday, 12 August, the institution said the application - fi…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 13:45hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter

Lecturers file court application to halt UZ graduation

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) in Zimbabwe has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to interdict the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Chancellor from conferring degrees, diplomas, and certificates at the institution's 44…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 17:37hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter

Zinasu slams UZ over deepening academic crisis

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Chapter, has raised alarm over what it describes as a "deepening academic crisis" affecting final-year Social Work students and the wider student community at the insti…

Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 21:59hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe to release results

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has launched a scathing attack on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), accusing the institution's leadership of academic fraud, governance failures, and trampling on workers' constitutional rights. …

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:26hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers' strike enters 100 days

Today marks 100 days since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) downed tools in protest against dismal salaries and deteriorating working conditions - an indefinite strike that has paralysed operations at the country's premier inst…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe lecturers strike continues

It has been months since lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe, the country's oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning, walked out of their lecture halls, citing salaries that have been eroded by inflation and currency …

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe lifts suspension on student activists

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has lifted the suspension of six student activists who were expelled in July for staging a campus protest in solidarity with striking lecturers.The students - Narshon Kohlo, Blessing Mtisi, Nodesha Maingeham…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 18:56hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland North embarks on waste water infrastructure overhaul

Urban councils in Matabeleland North have initiated a comprehensive programme to modernise waste water treatment and reticulation systems as part of efforts to improve environmental safety and drive socio-economic development through infra…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:56hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt fiddles while UZ burns

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six students accused of mobilising their peers to participate in a protest against the institution's administration, as the ongoing lecturers' strike continues to disrupt learning at the countr…

Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:55hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter

Biti slams UZ Vice Chancellor

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has sharply criticized University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo for the recent dismissal of striking lecturers and suspension of student activists supporting the ongoing industr…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter

Students union in fresh row over suspensions at UZ

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is once again at odds with university authorities, demanding the reinstatement of members suspended from state universities. The union has accused Midlands State University (MSU), Great Zimbabw…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:04hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter

UZ suspends 6 students over Ordinance 30

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has suspended six student activists for staging a campus demonstration in support of striking lecturers, further escalating tensions between university authorities and the academic community.The suspended st…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

UZ suspends student for breaching Ordinance 30

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has indefinitely suspended a final-year student from the Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics, accusing him of leading an unlawful protest on campus last May.In an official suspension letter…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 23:34hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter

'University of Zimbabwe now a factory of fake degrees'

A storm has erupted at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) after the Association of University Teachers (AUT) issued a damning statement accusing the institution's leadership, under Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo, of presiding over wha…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1355 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe drives research for HIV cure

The University of Zimbabwe Clinical Trials Research Centre (UZ-CTRC) is intensifying its efforts to find a cure for HIV, as Zimbabwe works towards its ambitious goal of eliminating HIV as a public health threat by 2030.Renowned for its lea…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 07:38hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter

Lecturer strike at UZ deepens

The Association of University Teachers (AUT) has accused the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) of deliberately stalling wage negotiations while exploiting the labour of part-time staff brought in to replace striking lecturers, as the salary dead…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:04hrs | 3395 | by Staff reporter

Parliament steps in as UZ lecturers' strike reaches day 59

Zimbabwe's Parliament has intervened in the protracted University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers' strike, which has now entered its 59th day, with students stranded and academic operations at a virtual standstill.Raising the matter in the Nati…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:47hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter

University of Zimbabwe withholds salaries of striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has withheld salaries for lecturers who have now clocked 58 days on strike, escalating tensions in a protracted pay dispute that has thrown the academic calendar into disarray.Lecturers have been on industri…

Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:03hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter

Academic scandal rocks University of Zimbabwe as standards plummet

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), once revered as the nation's premier institution of higher learning, is now engulfed in a deepening academic scandal that threatens to destroy its already battered reputation. The Association of University …

Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF hopes for a solution to UZ lecturers' crisis

ZANU PF has expressed hope that the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and striking lecturers will soon find a peaceful resolution to their ongoing dispute, which threatens to derail academic activities and postpone this year's graduation.The lec…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:45hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter

UZ students break new ground with over 30 Pharmaceutical innovations

 Zimbabwe is taking a major step toward pharmaceutical self-sufficiency and scientific innovation, thanks to groundbreaking research and development by students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), who have successfully created over 30…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:38hrs | 2889 | by Staff reporter

UZ offers 'poverty wages' to stand-in lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has come under fire after offering what critics have branded as "poverty wages" to temporary lecturers hired to replace striking academic staff demanding better pay and conditions.A letter signed by Simba Ma…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 20:57hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter

UZ to replace striking lecturers

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is moving to hire external experts to replace striking lecturers in a desperate bid to restore normalcy after a two-month-long industrial action that has crippled academic operations at the country's oldest …

Published: 19 May 2025 at 14:33hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter

UZ crisis deepens amid strike

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ), the country's oldest institution of higher learning, is reeling under a deepening crisis as a month-long strike by lecturers brings academic activity to a standstill.Students, frustrated by the prolonged ab…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:55hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter

6 UZ students arrested for protesting over lecturers' strike

Six University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested on Monday afternoon after staging a flash protest demanding urgent action to resolve a protracted lecturers' strike that has crippled academic activity at the institution.The lecturers…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter

UZ suspends union leaders, again

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has reignited tensions with its academic staff after issuing fresh suspension letters to leaders of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), just days after lifting their initial suspensions. The move h…

Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:45hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter

Striking UZ lecturers tell deans of faculties to stop interfering

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Association of University Teachers (AUT) has written a stern letter to the deans of faculties, calling for an immediate end to alleged attempts to interfere with the ongoing strike action by lecturers. The u…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa spokesperson concedes UZ lecturers have genuine grievances

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman, George Charamba, has admitted that University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers, who have been picketing outside the campus over poor wages and working conditions, have legitimate concerns that need urgen…

Published: 27 Apr 2025 at 18:30hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers threaten nationwide shutdown

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) campus was the scene of intense protest Thursday as lecturers, under the banner of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), warned they would escalate industrial action to all 14 state universities with…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:10hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter

Jonny Oates demanded stern action against Mnangagwa's govt

The plight of incarcerated Zimbabwean journalist Blessed Mhlanga sparked fiery debate in Britain's House of Lords on Thursday, as Liberal Democrats peer Lord Jonny Oates demanded stern action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governme…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe pushes for lifting of ivory trade ban

Zimbabwe has renewed its call for the lifting of the international ivory trade ban, insisting that selling its stockpiles could generate critical funding for wildlife conservation and help combat illegal trafficking.Speaking at the CITES C…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers begin indefinite strike

Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have declared an indefinite strike, demanding a return to pre-2018 salary levels and improved conditions of service, following a successful court bid to protect their right to protest.On Wednesd…

Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:26hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

ZDF distances itself from arrested former Air Force officer in UZ salary strike

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has moved swiftly to distance itself from the actions of retired Group Captain Boncace Mwakorera, a former Air Force of Zimbabwe officer, who was arrested yesterday alongside three University of Zimbabwe (…

Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 20:30hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter

Police crush UZ lecturers' demonstration

Police once again displayed heavy-handed tactics on Wednesday morning, arresting leaders of a demonstration by University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers who were demanding a salary review. The arrested leaders of the Association of University …

Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:27hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter

University Zimbabwe lecturers arrested over salary protest

Three University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers were arrested by police on Wednesday after staging a protest over poor remuneration at the university's campus in Harare.The lecturers, who are part of the Association of University Teachers (AUT…

Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:47hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

UZ graduation scandal explodes

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to preside over a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) graduation ceremony this morning at the main campus sports ground in Harare. However, the event is overshadowed by a scandal involving the fraudulent alterat…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Former UZ lecturer assists underprivileged students

The University of Zimbabwe's engineering department is experiencing a positive transformation thanks to educational grants from Dr. Peter Ward and his family. The Ward Engineering Science Trust (WEST) scholarship, established in 2019 in ho…

Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter

UZ student jailed 4 years for theft

Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda, a third-year student at the University of Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to four years in prison for a series of thefts involving laptops and computers from the university's offices and hostels. Harare magistrate Et…

Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:01hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Cult death casts light on UZ Prof's mysterious death

THE tears of a woman, who is battling to establish how her daughter died and was later hurriedly buried at a plot owned by Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongera, appears to have cast some light on a high-profile mysterious death at the same shrin…

Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 11:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

UZ lecturers declare incapacitation

UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturers have declared incapacitation, joining a growing list of workers in the private and public sectors pushing for United States dollar salaries.In a letter addressed to the Public Service, Labour and Socia…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Time ripe for Zimbabweans to restore its breadbasket status

I STRONGLY feel that the time is ripe to for us Zimbabweans to restore the country's breadbasket status and shun dependency completely.We have to develop the new farming skills to improve our yields and move with the times. Let's turn our …

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Terrence Mwedzi

New UZ fee structure facilitates exclusion of marginalised, vulnerable students

THE recent tuition fees hike by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) scintillates education inequality, elitism and lack of robust and inclusive consultative forums.The fees hikes make higher and tertiary education a privilege of the minority, …

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Zimcodd

16 UZ students arrested for staging fees protest

SIXTEEN University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were arrested Monday for participating in a protest that erupted at the Mt Pleasant campus to press for a cut in tuition fees.The group is expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court Wedn…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

UZ situation, a mere tip of the iceberg

THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) hiked its tuition fees last week, sparking protests from students at the institution of higher learning. The students have since resolved to boycott lectures until the fees are reviewed downwards.The Zimbabw…

Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

MRP appeal to UN over 'victimisation'

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) youths on Wednesday called on the United Nations to intervene in the plight of its members who it claims are being continually arrested and threatened with death.MRP accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gov…

Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

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