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UCCZ appeals for support to complete Gazaland University

The United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) has appealed to investors and stakeholders to help complete the construction of Gazaland University (GU) in Chipinge, which is expected to enrol its first students in March 2026.GU Council cha…

Published: 17 hrs ago | | by Staff reporter

SDA Church shares major update on Chegutu University project

The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has announced that its new university in Chegutu, Mashonaland West, will welcome its first students in January 2026. Named Great Height University, the upcoming institution will be the church's second…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 14:27hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter

Stop Prioritising Universities , Zimbabwe Needs Vocational Institutions to Develop

Zimbabwe is facing a looming crisis in the engineering sector, not because it lacks intelligent students or capable minds, but because of a mismatch in its education and skills training priorities. While the country boasts 26 universities,…

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 13:46hrs | 339 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Zimbabwean academic joins Abu Dhabi University

Zimbabwean academic Professor Brilliant Sigabade Mhlanga has recently joined Abu Dhabi University (ADU) in the United Arab Emirates as an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. In addition to his academic role, Professor …

Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 12:48hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter

Matopo university to enrol first students in August

The University of Matopo is poised to enrol its inaugural cohort of students in August, operating from three campuses in Matabeleland South. The institution will focus on dryland studies, climate change, and ecological challenges while als…

Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:42hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to cap 126 at Gwanda State University

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to cap 126 graduands at Gwanda State University's (GSU) third graduation ceremony, which will be held at the Epoch Mine Campus sports arena in Filabusi, Insiza district. As the Chancellor of all St…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:33hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter

Midlands State University hostel gutted by fire

Midlands State University (MSU) has released an official statement addressing a fire incident that took place at the Diamond Hostel on the Zvishavane Campus on October 19, 2024. While no casualties were reported, the university confirmed t…

Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:43hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter

Decoloniality - a necessity in Zimbabwean Universities

Colonialism in Africa is not over, rather it is all over. One of the things that has given colonialism this staying power is the education system in Africa that largely mirrors the virtues of imperialists. Before the coming of the Whites i…

Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:54hrs | 345 | by Dr Aribino Nicholas

Brain drain hits Lupane University

Lupane State University (LSU) has faced significant staff turnover in the past two years due to the challenging economic environment, leading to a departure of professionals from the institution. This high staff turnover has resulted in un…

Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:38hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Lupane varsity starts chicken artificial insemination project

LUPANE State University (LSU) has started a chicken artificial insemination project to improve indigenous breeds in the country with similar projects also being done with goats and pigs.The university whose mandate is to promote research a…

Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe university lecturers to attend Zanu-PF's ideology classes

UNIVERSITY lecturers are set to undergo Zanu-PF's commandeered ideology classes under the tag Academics for Economic Development this week.Invitations have been sent to universities across the country by the Higher and Tertiary Education m…

Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mass resignations hit Chinhoyi University of Technology

THERE is high attrition of academic staff at Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) due to poor salaries and other conditions of service.The resignations of senior staffers, including professors, leaving for other better rewarding higher …

Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

University rankings don't measure what matters

International rankings of universities are big business and big news. These systems order universities on the basis of a variety of criteria such as student to staff ratio, income from industry, and reputation as captured through public su…

Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:02hrs | 12 | by Sioux McKenna

Lupane University lecturers go on strike

LECTURERS at Lupane State University (LSU) have gone on strike citing none payment of their salaries as the major reason.The lecturers advised the university authorities in a letter dated February 7.Jabulani Mpofu, chairperson of the unive…

Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 18:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Gwanda varsity construction starts

GWANDA State University (GSU) is set to start developing 87 hectares of land in Gwanda Town which the institution was allocated by the Government.The university is still operating from Epoch Mine in Filabusi and is also working on opening …

Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean university bans mini-skirts, cleavage on campus

The Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) has banned the wearing of mini-skirts, shorts and tight-fitting clothing by female students on campus.In a notice to students dated September 3, the Chinhoyi-based university directed female stud…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

University students die in road accident

Two Bindura University of Science and Education students were among six people killed in two separate road accidents on Tuesday evening along the Harare-Mukumbura Highway.The students were identified as Vimbai Margaret Mugomberi (23) and G…

Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

African universities' science A faculties a mockery

AFRICAN universities should discontinue their science faculties and concentrate their financial resources on the development of the arts, histories and music than misrepresent the sciences through presenting fake and passive models of the …

Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 9 | by Reinford Khumalo

University rankings misleading

INTERNATIONAL rankings of universities are big business and big news.These systems order universities on the basis of a variety of criteria such as student-to-staff ratio, income from industry and reputation as captured through public surv…

Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Sioux McKenna

Help Mildred Nkomo go to university

An intelligent girl Mildred Nkomo from St Paul's in Gidubhu-area Komba Lupane District. Mildred Nkomo got 11 O's, 3 A's, 5 B's and 3 C's and obtained 12 points in Sciences at A'level. Her situation came to be known when she walked more tha…

Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 10:44hrs | 17 | by T. Nyoni

Unusual majors in US military academies

In case you have chosen a military academy instead of a traditional college or university, it signifies that you have given your future career a lot of thought. Going to military school presupposes that you are very motivated to serve your…

Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 09:37hrs | 43 | by Staff Writer

How to choose the right specialty in university and not spoil the life

When you're getting ready to go to university, it's vital for you to choose the right specialty if you want to make sure that you don't spoil the life that you've been dreaming of. After all, the profession that we choose has a huge impact…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff Writer

Teaching University or Research University: More than a case of to be or not to be

That our State Universities have modelled themselves mostly as teaching-focused universities where, the main activities are teaching and scholarship of learning and teaching, is a public secret. With a research/teaching balance tipped most…

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 7 | by Enock JONATHAN

4 new State universities to open

Government has approved the opening of four new State universities countrywide in a move expected to consolidate Zimbabwe's position as one of the countries with the highest number of institutions of higher learning in the region and beyon…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Open Letter to Professor Amon Murwira on BUSE block release programmes

Professor Amon Murwira, I am a Bindura University of Science Education Undergraduate Block Release student who is so angry at the way we are being treated at the University. The University informed us that block release classes would comme…

Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by BUSE Student

BREAKING: Robert Mugabe University to cost $1 billion

Zimbabwe announced on Wednesday that it plans to build a $1bn university to honour Robert Mugabe, the 93-year-old president accused of brutal repression and bringing the country to economic ruin.The university joins other facilities named …

Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by StAgencies

Varsity education - a giant ponzi scheme

University education in yester Zimbabwe produced the crÃ¨me de la crÃ¨me of society; not because government evoked a bottle neck system, but like an ecosystem, the education system  had a way of regulating itself, allocating people wh…

Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by Patience Rashai

Preparations for CUCSA games underway in Bulawayo

Preparations for the Confederation of University and College Sports Association (CUCSA) games  which will be hosted in Zimbabwe this August have begun in Bulawayo.Zimbabwe will host the 18th edition of the CUCSA games which will run f…

Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 13:02hrs | 19 | by Sports Reporter

Liberating the University in Africa

Presently there are emphatic currents of argument all calling for either the transformation, Africanisation or the decolonisation of the university in Africa. Long years of university education in Africa have proven to scholars that there …

Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:44hrs | 3 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena

University protest are last warning for Mugabe to step down or be forced to Gaddafi style!

The University Staff and student protests today 17 March 2015 over none payment of staff salaries and the country's worsening economic situation should been seen as a warning to the nation and this Zanu PF regime in particular that the peo…

Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori, Secretary General Zimbabwe Social Democrats

Why are Mat'land varsities 'National' or 'State' while Mashonaland ones are not

Mashonaland Universities1.Harare - Harare Insitute of Technology2.Manicaland - Manicaland University3.Mashonaland East - Mashonaland East University4.Mash West - Chinhoyi University of TechnologyMat'land/Midlands Universities1.Bulawayo - N…

Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:41hrs | 3 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo

Another sex video rocks Midlands State University

There are concerns that Midlands State University (MSU) in Gweru is sitting on a treasure of X-RATED pornographic videos circulating among students. Some of the videos feature students from the institution and a second video circulating at…

Published: 18 May 2012 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

400 000-year-old human remains found

Jerusalem - Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man.A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said on Monday they found teeth about 400 000 years old. Th…

Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 13:21hrs | 2 | by Byo24NEWS

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