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Former Lupane State University lecturer files US$100,000 defamation suit
A former senior lecturer at Lupane State University (LSU), Dr. Keith Phiri, has filed a US$100,000 defamation lawsuit against his former employer, claiming that an advertisement published by the unive...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:07hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions US$18,5m Bulawayo students' complex
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially commissioned the state-of-the-art Bulawayo Students Accommodation City Complex, a landmark project in Matsheumhlope suburb valued at US$18.5 million. ...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:22hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 1,708 at Lupane State University
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday awarded degrees to 1,708 students at Lupane State University (LSU)'s 15th graduation ceremony, celebrating the institution's first cohort of students under the S...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:43hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
University steps in to solve 0 pass rate in Matabeleland North
Lupane State University (LSU) has significantly contributed to reducing the number of primary schools in Matabeleland North province that record zero pass rates in Grade Seven public examinations. ...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube readies Zimbabwe's budget
AS Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, readies to present the 2024 National Budget tomorrow, expectations are high that it will consolidate prevail...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Lupane University locks out students over fees arrears
THERE was chaos at the Lupane State University (LSU) in Matebeleland North on Monday when authorities blocked several students from writing their end of semester examinations over unpaid fees....Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:38hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
LSU vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa sucked in cattle procurement scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa has been fingered in a procurement scandal following revelations that the university purchased cattle at an inflated price and only a few wer...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over Zimbabwe varsity fees increase
THE marginal increase in fees for public university students is meant to meet operational costs while ensuring quality education at a time when the Government is subsidising tuition fees and levies by...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Norton residents rally behind Mliswa
Norton residents have said they will bring back Temba Mliswa to represent them in parliament in a tightly contested race between him and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate Richard Tsvangira...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 8 | 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 un...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane juice maker eyes export market
LUPANE-based indigenous fruit juice manufacturer, Lupane Veggie Guys is eyeing the export market after successfully showcasing its indigenous products at the just-ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fa...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
University probes 0% pass rates in schools
Lupane State University (LSU) has been engaged by the Government to conduct research that will establish why some schools record zero pass rates.A number of rural schools, particularly those i...Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans disclosure of public procurement
President Mnangagwa on Tuesday okayed a new decree under which all procurement in construction, medical equipment, medicines and drugs as well as protective clothing in hospitals "shall not be publicl...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University probed over alleged corruption
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is still investigating reports of nepotism and corruption levelled against Lupane State University (LSU) authorities since last year.LSU, which i...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University senior staffer fingered in sex scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) is investigating a case of a senior official who was allegedly found by a security guard in a campus room late at night with a female student on attachment in one of the ...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane University Vice Chancellor off the hook on sexual harassment case
LUPANE State University (LSU) Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has escaped censure over allegations of sexually harassing a female staffer, it was established.A female staff member in 2021 accused...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MSU fees up by 407%
Midlands State University (MSU) has approved a 407 percent tuition fee increase that will see students from the different faculties paying between $285 000 to $359 000 per semester.Before the ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University campus radio goes on air
LUPANE State University (LSU)'s campus radio station is now on air and broadcasting from its base in the Matabeleland North provincial capital with the institution set to receive the outstanding studi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe universities adjust fees structures
STATE universities in the country have raised their tuition fees in line with regional trends to cover operational costs.Lupane State University (LSU) released their new fee's stru...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
LSU procurement rocked by serious irregularities because of non qualified leadership
Lupane State University is one of the Universities that offer a Degree in Supply Chain Management, but its Procurement Management unit (PMU) is poorly managed as a non-procurement was assigned to over...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 12:17hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jake
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 | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Lupane State University students win innovation prize
LUPANE State University (LSU) scooped the top award at the Enactus awards ceremony organised and hosted by Boost Fellowship in Harare on Friday to walk away with $400 000.The Entrepreneu...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University students barred from exams
LUPANE State University (LSU) has reportedly barred students from writing examinations over fee arrears.Students who spoke on condition of anonymity told Southern Eye that the institution usua...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Praz, Zacc descend on LSU
LUPANE State University (LSU) has been ordered to submit a detailed report on its procurement processes amid suspicions that the systems are flawed.Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes LSU
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) descended at Lupane State University (LSU) last week to investigate cases of nepotism, misappropriation of funds and corruption.Zacc investigator...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
77 goats die at LSU due to procurement malpractices
Seventy-seven (77) goats died at Lupane State University due to procurement malpractices in a clear abuse of state funds.The $52 000 000 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF has co...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
LSU rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals
LUPANE State University (LSU) is reportedly rocked by unscrupulous procurement deals after it received 52 000 000.00 for Innovation and Industrialisation from ZIMDEF.Indications are that...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 10:51hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Top management milk LSU in economic rental scam
IN yet another scandal the top management at Lupane State University is reportedly milking the higher learning institution through paying sick money in rentals for the properties they are using ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 07:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
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 Febr...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mark Ngwazi takes Sungura to another level
Njanja Express boss Mark Ngwazi took Sungura music to another level over the weekend after pulling huge crowds in Mvurwi and Highfield over the weekend.On Saturday he was at Joy Centre Machipi...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
LSU staff members declare incapacitation
Lupane State University (LSU) staff members have declared incapacitation as the university has failed to pay January salaries despite the government having deposited salaries into the university accou...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 13:21hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
11 candidates shortlisted for ZHRC post
ELEVEN candidates, among them, Employers Association for the Tourism and Safari Operators (EATSO) national president Mr Clement Mukwasi have been shortlisted to attend public interviews to fill two va...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Omicron variant detected at Lupane state university
Lupane State University and Inyathi High School in Matabeleland North province have recorded six and 13 COVID-19 cases, respectively, prompting authorities to be on high alert as the country braces fo...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 13:14hrs | 15 | by Desmond Nleya
COVID-19 strikes at LSU, Inyathi High
LUPANE State University (LSU) and Inyathi High School in Matabeleland North province have recorded six and 13 COVID-19 cases, respectively, prompting authorities to be on high alert as the country bra...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University hit by students protest
LUPANE State University (LSU) students on Thursday staged a demonstration against poor service delivery after they were forced to go back home a week into the campus instead of the stipulated three mo...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 01:42hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland projects get priority in 2022 budget
GOVERNMENT continues to drive the development of Matabeleland with the 2022 National Budget Statement presented yesterday in Parliament by Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli N...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:43hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Lupane varsity probed over sex scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has engaged the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry over allegations that female staffers at Lupane State University are being sexually harassed by some top exe...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gender Commission probes LSU harassment scandal
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it has begun investigations on a case where Lupane State University (LSU) vice-chancellor (VC) Pardon Kuipa is being accused of sexually abusing females at th...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 1531 graduates at LSU
President Mnangagwa Friday conferred degrees and diplomas to a total of 1531 graduates at the Lupane State University 12th graduation ceremony.At least 50 percent of the graduates were females...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 16:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
LSU vice-chancellor in sexual abuse storm
LUPANE State University (LSU) vice-chancellor (VC) Pardon Kuipa has been accused of sexually abusing female employees at the institution, resulting in a protest march against him on Tuesday....Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is St Luke's Hospital running without an ambulance?
St Luke's Hospital in Lupane, Matabeleland North province is purportedly running without an ambulance after its fleet of five vehicles broke down.According to sources, the absence of a service...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa imposed as SRC leader
LUPANE State University (LSU) students have expressed concern at the alleged imposition of Kudakwashe Mnangagwa as the university student representative council (SRC) president.The students to...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inside the forex cul-de-sac
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will this week meet large producers and retail outlets to discuss rampant black market pricing of goods that has gripped the nation, and threatening to erode stabili...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane's long wait for hospital
IT is now exactly 17 years since the construction of the long-awaited Lupane Provincial Hospital began, with annual budgetary allocations and deadlines set but on the ground the project remains a drea...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
LSU in unscrupulous procurement deals, authorities unfairly suspend transport officer
LUPANE State University (LSU) under the administration of Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has again been caught in an unscrupulous goods procurement process and construction project without following ten...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 18 | by Stephen Jakes
LSU, director of physical planning clash over unfair dismissal
Former director of physical planning Howard Bekezela Ndlovu is fighting with his former employers the Lupane State University following his dismissal from work on allegations of absconding.How...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 17:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
LSU in emotional abuse of female acting Senior Assistant Registrar scandal
Lupane State University has been caught in yet another emotional harassment scandal of a female employee who is allegedly crying foul that the university authorities are harassing her through flimsy c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Vice Chancellor in sex scandal
Abuse and harassment scandal has rocked Lupane State University (LSU) amid revelations a female staff member is accusing the Vice-Chancellor Pardon Kuipa of sexually harassing and victimising he...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 22:17hrs | 1 | by Philani Simango/ Simbarashe Sithole
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