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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 - N...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 18:56hrs | 188 | 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 a...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 71 | 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 Midland...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:04hrs | 206 | 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)...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:38hrs | 2888 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna graduates with law degree from UZ
Former Zanu-PF Chegutu West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna, graduated this Friday with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). However, his achievement was clouded by ...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:31hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
UZ churns out first Education 5.0 graduates
President Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Chancellor of all State universities, presided over a landmark event at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) yesterday, capping a record 6,778 graduates. This cohort...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:06hrs | 137 | 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 s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 13:54hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor frog marches lecturers to SADC Summit clean-up campaigns
Despite having employed a legion of general hand cleaners as part of its neatening labourforce, the University of Zimbabwe's Vice Chancellor, Professor Paul Mapfumo has this Friday summoned and frog m...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:22hrs | 2414 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
UZ completes section of super-specialist hospital
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has completed a section of its new super-specialist hospital in Avondale, Harare, which is set to open by August. This part of the hospital will provide specialized ser...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:04hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
47% of UZ students HIV positive
ALMOST half of University of Zimbabwe students who recently underwent voluntary HIV testing were positive, a revelation which has forced the institution to limit inter-residence visits between male an...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:55hrs | 3 | by Erick Matotoba
Former UZ Vice Chancellor cleared of fraud
FORMER University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has been removed from remand in a case he was facing several counts of fraud.This follows the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s ...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UZ exam paper leaks under probe
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has taken a keen interest in reports that rich and politically exposed persons are bribing their way to obtain law qualifications at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor accused of pampering Mnangagwas at students' expense
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have petitioned Parliament in an effort to crank the heat on the institution to curb wasteful spending and reduce recently announced fees, which they argue are exo...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo takes over from Nyagura as UZ Vice Chancellor
President Mnangagwa has appointed Professor Paul Mapfumo as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), replacing the long-serving Prof Levi Nyagura who left the institution un...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo distances himself from Grace Mugabe's PhD
Former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has distanced himself from allegations that he was involved in the conferring of a Doctoral Degree to former First Lady Grace Mugabe. Zimbabwe o...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grace Mugabe skipped PhD processes
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe began studies at the University of Zimbabwe for her Masters in Social Studies a year before her application for post graduate admission was submitted, processed and acce...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo organised Grace Mugabe's fake degree?
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo risks having his University of Zimbabwe acquired degrees withdrawn if ousted UZ Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura is found guilty of awarding former First ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:16hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo to be stripped of UZ degrees?
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo risks having his University of Zimbabwe acquired degrees withdrawn if ousted UZ Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura is found guilty of awarding former First ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UZ vice chancellor challenges students
University of Zimbabwe, (UZ)'s ultimate goal is to produce graduates who can demonstrate real value to industry, commerce and the wider community, the institution's acting vice chancellor Paul Mapfumo...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku takes UZ deanship fight to court
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) law lecturer Professor Lovemore Madhuku yesterday approached the High Court to set aside the recent appointment of Dr Innocent Maja as the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ drops in African rankings
Zimbabwe's oldest institute of higher learning, the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), which is hogging the limelight for the wrong reasons, particularly the manner in which former first lady Grace Mugabe w...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's case collapsing
The State's case against University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura, accused of corruptly irregularly awarding a PhD degree to wife of ousted president Robert Mugabe, is crumbling....Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's PhD scandal 'complainant' turns hostile
The Higher Education ministry - cited as the complainant against University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levy Nyagura standing trial for allegedly corruptly awarding former first lady Grace Mugabe...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 11:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nyagura stirs fresh controversy
University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has stirred fresh controversy after hiring a junior lecturer who recently obtained a doctor of philosophy (PhD) as the dean of the Law Faculty after...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Grace Mugabe
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's PhD saga has taken a new twist after the High Court reversed a ruling by a lower court giving investigators powers to search and seize all documents relating to the pr...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyagura reports for duty despite 'suspension'
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) council chairman, Buzwani Mothobi has come under fire from other council members, who accused him of defying a resolution to suspend vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura over forme...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Arrest Grace Mugabe over academic fraud'
Welshman Ncube's opposition MDC has called for the arrest of former first lady Grace Mugabe for fraudulently obtaining a doctorate that she apparently obtaining a doctorate that she apparently receive...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe 'innocent beneficiary of a fraudulent academic degree'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has denied its renewed pursuit of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) officials accused of fraudulently awarding former First Lady, Grace a PhD would lead to her...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: ZACC probes Mararike
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZAAC) is investigating University of Zimbabwe (UZ) lecturer Professor Claude Mararike on allegations of abuse of office for fraudulently awarding a Doctor of P...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor arrested over Grace Mugabe PhD
The University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura has been picked up for questioning by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) investigators.Allegations against Profess...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe's PhD: It's not over until it's over
Thousands of hearts of the alumni of the University of Zimbabwe must be bleeding now, including those of former and current faculty. They are wondering what is going on at this pioneer institution of ...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ Department of Sociology says Grace Mugabe PhD is fake
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe's Department of Sociology has broken silence concerning the awarding of former First Lady Grace Mugabe's doctorate degree saying the qualification was fake and earned without th...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 20:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor threatens to fire staff over Grace PhD
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura has reportedly turned to harassing lecturers who have questioned former First Lady Grace Mugabe's doctorate awarded controversially in 2014, th...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 14:19hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Massive corruption at UZ'
Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe have raised a red flag, claiming the institution is being run by a cartel which is prejudicing the institution of millions of dollars.In a December 2017...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Mnangagwa forced to talk
PRESIDENT Mugabe will soon engage in talks with former Vice President Emmerson Mnagwagwa as part of efforts to bring sanity to both Zanu-PF and Government following interventions by the Zimbabwe Defen...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC pledges credible elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is doing everything within the new constitution to ensure that the 2018 harmonised elections are credible and peaceful.This was said by ZEC Commissioner...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ fines 'protest' student for humiliating Mugabe
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has fined graduand Tonderai Dombo $50 after the institution's disciplinary committee found him guilty of breaching rules of students' conduct following his protest ...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ develops flood prediction system
The University of Zimbabwe has established a satellite-based flood monitoring system to predict the occurrence of floods in the Sadc region to help prevent unnecessary loss of life and property....Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Brenda Ziga and Margaret Matibiri
47% of UZ students HIV+
ALMOST half of University of Zimbabwe students who recently underwent voluntary HIV testing were positive, a revelation which has forced the institution to limit inter-residence visits between male an...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Ellah Mukwati
University of Zimbabwe to introduce Tonga degree
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) will starting this August introduce a degree in Tonga as the institution of high learning moves to promote the 16 indigenous languages that are recognised in the Consti...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
University of Zimbabwe launches research policy
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) College of Health Sciences has launched a research policy that is expected to make the college more competitive on the international forum.UZ Vice Chancellor, P...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's deadly human conveyor belt
As an educationist with extensive teaching experience at university level, I feel particularly saddened that the young people who are graduating in their thousands every year from all manner of c...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 15:28hrs | | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Mugabe caps 3 451 UZ graduands
A total of 3 451 graduands from the University of Zimbabwe have been conferred with doctorates, masters of philosophy and first degrees by President Robert Mugabe, who is the Chancellor of the institu...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to cap 3,451 UZ graduates
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe Chancellor President Robert Mugabe will today confer degrees to 3,451 graduates from the institution at a ceremony that coincides with its 60th anniversary. UZ Vice Chan...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde
Dr Mujuru's PhD thesis disappears from UZ library shelves
Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru's thesis for her recently-attained doctorate from the University of Zimbabwe is not available on the university library's shelves, despite being indicated on the search...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 06:38hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
CIOs harass UZ student leaders over Grace Mugabe's PhD
Suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives have been calling and trying to visit Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) president, Gilbert Mutubuki and his spokesperson Avoid Masi...Published: 12 Oct 2014 at 11:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UZ Vice Chancellor responds to Grace Mugabe's PhD questions
Professor Levi Nyagura, the vice-chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe responded angrily when asked by the Zimbabwe Independent to explain how President Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace, got her con...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 09:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members warned
ZANU-PF Politburo member Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has warned against premature announcements of candidates by any party members before the Politburo calls for nominations. This comes at a time when j...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 09:32hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Grace Mugabe's PhD degree: Students cry foul
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) yesterday piled on the pressure on the University of Zimbabwe describing the doctorate awarded to First Lady Grace Mugabe last week as genetically modifie...Published: 22 Sep 2014 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD saga deepens
First Lady Grace Mugabe's PhD thesis is mysteriously missing on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) website.While Vice President Joice Mujuru's thesis, who graduated along with the first lady with...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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