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Zimbabwean authorities remove 7 universities from accredited list
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has announced the removal of seven universities in India and Cyprus from its official list of accredited institutions. This decision comes in the wak...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:17hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
51 Zimbabwe parastatals fail to submit financials
A total of fifty-one state-owned enterprises have failed to submit their financial statements for auditing to the Auditor-General, as required by law.The Acting Auditor-General, Mrs. Rhea Kuji...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Desperate shortage of places at Zimbabwe medical schools reported
ONLY 1% of students seeking to be enrolled in Zimbabwe's medical schools get placed due to an acute shortage of training facilities, resulting in limited access to such training programmes.Get...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dodgy foreign universities cost Zimbabwean students
SOME Zimbabwean students are losing a lot of money studying at foreign universities but their professional qualifications are not recognised locally due to the quality of their degree programmes....Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region of that country which is under the "illegal" control of neighbouring Turkey....Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | | 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 | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa son-in-law, adviser botch ZimCoke deal
A COURT application is set to be filed any day from now to legally and officially cancel the US$225 million ZimCoke deal to acquire assets of the now defunct state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MSU to set up modified tar plant
THE Midlands State University (MSU) is planning to set up a coal tar manufacturing plant in Zvishavane in a bid to cut down on the importation of costly bitumen.The university has already pate...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
LSU in another sexual harassment storm
LUPANE State University has been caught in yet another sexual abuse storm in which the Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa is alleged to have caused the clash of two women lovers causing a fierce fight which...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 13:40hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Blacklist for tender cheats
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is looking at blacklisting tender cheats despite improvements in the processes that have seen all suppliers having to be vetted before they are allowed t...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off Ziscosteel
ZESA has disconnected power supply from the defunct giant steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel, over a ZW$40 million debt.Zisco group chief executive officer, Dr Farai Karonga, confirmed the develop...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zisco requires US$360m for resuscitation'
INDUSTRY and Commerce deputy minister Raheshkumar (Raji) Modi on Sunday said the defunct Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) requires US$360 million for its resuscitation.Ziscosteel was on...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU sets up coal tar plant
The Midlands State University (MSU) is set to establish a modified coal tar manufacturing venture, which according to the higher learning institution, will cut on the costly bitumen imported from Sout...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZOU e-learning portal experiences glitches
ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) students yesterday raised concern over the malfunctioning e-learning system at the institution ahead of end of semester examinations this month-end.ZOU acting sp...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud of satanic proportions exposed in Harare
Former top manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), Florence Chimbumu, who was exposed recently for using fake certificates when only a single Ordinary Level pass could be certif...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
A tale of Zimbabwe's oxymoronic justice system
THE justice system in Zimbabwe is an oxymoron. It's difficult to understand how the law operates, but one is tempted to conclude that incarceration in Zimbabwe is just designed for the poor and those ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Muchemwa Silence Mugadzaweta
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU degrees chaos divide government
THE discontinuation of the Midlands State University (MSU) media programme has reportedly divided government with stakeholders alleging that the move was political, ill-advised and meant to weaken the...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Senior manager lived large with one O-Level
The former top operations manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche), Mrs Florence Chimbunu, who was exposed recently for using allegedly fake certificates when only a single O-Leve...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over MSU degrees scrapping chaos
LOCAL and media scholars in the diaspora have come out guns blazing, blasting the unilateral decision by authorities to change the Midlands State University Department of Media and Society Studies cur...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MSU lecturers threaten to resign en masse
MEDIA lecturers at the Midlands State University have threatened to resign en masse in protest over curriculum changes they say were unilateral and without their input.NewsDay gathered that mo...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nzenza sets ambitious 2021 Zisco revival target
The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sekai Nzenza, has set an ambitious target of turning the defunct steel giant, Zisco, around by the end of next year. The Zisco revival drive has twi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP to offer degree in police studies
Police Staff College principal, Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yesterday said the college had been granted authority to offer Bachelor in Adult Education honours degree in police studies by t...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Of useless degrees and of abandoning national mandates
The recent Hardtalk by Professor Amon Murwira, Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development on "Zimbabwe to scrap useless degrees" makes for serious thinking.J...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:27hrs | 7 | by Enock Jonathan
Govt under fire over plans to scrap 'useless' degrees
CIVIC society, human rights groups and students have slammed government plans to scrap what it termed "useless" degrees from State universities, saying the move might impact negatively on those that h...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe to scrap useless degrees
Government is actively reviewing degrees offered by State universities with a view to standardising qualifications and abolish 'irrelevant' programmes that are ostensibly creating 'idle' graduates who...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Dzvimbo named new Zimche CEO
Academic Kuzvinetsa Dzvimbo has been officially appointed as the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) chief executive officer (CEO) by the Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technolo...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Doctors in Zimbabwe train for seven years
Doctors in Zimbabwe train for seven years, including the two years of internship also known as housemanship, hence those calling themselves junior doctors are in fact, still students, the Zimbabwe Cou...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 23:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Prof Peter Dzvimbo appointed CEO of ZIMCHE
Professor Kuzvinetsa Peter Dzvimbo has been appointed as the CEO of the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) with immediate effect.Celebrating the appointment former minister of high...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Exam leaks: Zimsec tightens security
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has acquired its own printing machine and will no longer be contracting other organisations, a move acting director Dr Lazarus Nembaware says will hel...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare Poly gets nod to offer media degree
Harare Polytechnic is expected to start offering a Mass Communication and Media Technologies degree soon, with college principal Dr Engineer Tafadzwa Mudondo confirming the development last week. ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziscosteel resuscitation begins
The resuscitation of the giant steel company, Ziscosteel, has taken a giant leap forward following the ground breaking ceremony of a coke plant at the steel giant by Industry, Commerce and Enterprise ...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZOU to partner ZIMCHE, AAU in four day workshop
The Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), will host a four day Research Method work...Published: 18 May 2018 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Curriculum overhaul for tertiary institutions
THE Government has begun reviewing the curriculum framework for universities, teachers' colleges and polytechnics to align the country's higher education system with international standards, a Cabinet...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Externalisation: Mnangagwa gropes in the dark
GOVERNMENT will find it difficult to prosecute corporates and individuals it accuses of illegal externalisation of money as questions arise over the legal framework and the prosecutability of the offe...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
The UZ's most eccentric and calculative PhD genius!
Acquiring a doctorate is no mean feat, even for the highly endowed academic minds. Once attained, the prestigious status cannot easily be wished away nor can it be shrouded in secrecy. To any doctorat...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 18:20hrs | | by Munyaradzi Rukanda Mhaka
'Scrap Mathematics': Relax college entry requirements, says Murwira
HIGHER and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Amon Murwira has said tertiary institutions must scrap Mathematics as a requirement for students to study programme...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dzamara's disputed doctorate degree, the FACTS
Zimbabwean activist and citizen resistance movement leader Patson Dzamara has for the first time spoken about his doctorate and the controversy surrounding it.Dzamara's educational qualificati...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe lifts freeze on academic staff recruitment
PRESIDENT Mugabe has lifted the freeze on academic staff recruitment for all programmes that have been approved by the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE).Speaking during the 8th gr...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
President Mugabe threatened with death, says Grace
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has claimed that President Robert Mugabe has been threatened with death if a certain person does not succeed him, the clearest indication that Zanu PF's succession wars are get...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 11:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Grace Mugabe blasts Mnangagwa
FIRST Lady Dr Grace Mugabe yesterday shot down Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that he was poisoned, saying he was merely seeking sympathy. She said VP Mnangagwa was "nothing" but an employ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimche bemoans decline of education quality in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) has expressed concern over the sharp decline in the quality of graduates churned out by local universities.Speaking during a Higher and Terti...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe appoints varsity councils
PRESIDENT Mugabe has appointed councils for nine State universities including the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo as well as the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education ...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabwean students jailed in Cyprus
THE Government is seeking the release and extradition of three Zimbabwean students who are held in prison in Cyprus for drug trafficking.Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Youth empowerment, Govt priority,' says Mugabe
Government is rolling out a cocktail of economic empowerment interventions to facilitate the integration of young people into mainstream economic activities and establish their position as the foundat...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrupe College breaks new ground
THE transformation of Arrupe College into a fully fledged university is expected to open avenues for internationally acclaimed Jesuit professors to be attached to the Jesuits Institution.Arupp...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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