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Zimbabwe students protest steep fee hikes
THE Zimbabwe National Student Union (Zinasu) has protested the steep tuition fee hikes by universities and colleges saying it is an assault on the right to education. Universities in Zimbabwe have int...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Polytechnic students protest USD fees
Students at the Bulawayo Polytechnic are up in arms with the institution over its demand that they pay fees in United States Dollars (USD).This demand, said the students, violates the governme...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students protest over 'judicial capture'
Students drawn from the country's various tertiary institutions on Monday took to social media platforms to protest against alleged ‘judicial capture' and weaponisation of the law against opposition...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parliament petitioned over hefty UZ fees
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have petitioned Parliament seeking its intervention over the recent hefty tuition fees hike.The UZ increased its fees by more than 600%, from $60 526 to $4...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt should restore teachers' dignity
AFRICAN leaders have never valued education. It is never their culture to learn and explore.The current leadership in Zimbabwe is a very good example. Our leadership does not even value qualit...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Village Teacher
Let's shut down Zimbabwe!
THE recent university fee hikes would not have been exorbitant if we had a working currency, a listening government and overally a working economy.When the Zimbabwe National Students Union cal...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Desire Kateyera
Parly turns heat on minister over varsity fees hike
MEMBERS of National Assembly have requested Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira to issue a ministerial statement in the House on the escalating fees charged to tertiary students....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Student arrested as protests rock University of Zimbabwe over fees hikes
One student was arrested on Monday night after thousands of students protested at the University of Zimbabwe over a second fees increase in less than a month.The Zimbabwe National Studen...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 19:48hrs | 1 | 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 | 44 | by Staff Reporter
Nust students protest over 500% dissertation fees hike
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) General Master of Business Administration (GMBA) post-graduate students have protested over a 500% hike in dissertation supervision fees....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University moves to ease students accommodation woes
LUPANE State University (LSU) is set to complete construction of a students' hostel on campus to ease accommodation challenges.The shortage of accommodation last year saw students protest agai...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa struggles to stomach criticism
In what started as a routine interview with continental business television channel CNBC Africa, Strive Masiyiwa, Econet founder and Executive Chairman describes the political changes being witnessed ...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 10 | by Willliam Muchayi
'I almost died for supporting Masiyiwa' says Top Journalist
Voice of America journalist Blessing Zulu has came out guns blazing accusing Strive Masiyiwa of re-writing history by saying no one stood for him when he was allegedly persecuted for seeking a Telecom...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chaos at Seke Teachers College
THERE was chaos at Seke Teachers College yesterday after third year students were barred from sitting for their final year examinations due to non-payment of fees.Around 150 students missed th...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Students arrested for public violence
THE three students from Great Zimbabwe University students, who were arrested last week on public violence charges, have been granted $50 bail each and remanded to April 27 by Chivi magistrate Bishard...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
School of Mines students protest over poor services
STUDENTS at the Zimbabwe School of Mines in Bulawayo yesterday staged a demonstration at the institution over alleged poor services which they said were in contrast with high fees they were paying....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Students protest over DStv, food
Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) students yesterday staged a demonstration against poor living conditions and lack of entertainment — DStv.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the HIT's...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 12:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Has Mugabe's critic lost relevance?
It is exactly a year since #ThisFlag leader pastor Evan Mawarire shot to fame following a successful shut-down campaign, but his relevance seems to have sharply nose-dived, with most critics arguing h...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire hijacked, trivialised students' cause
\"STUDENT activism is a highly conflict-filled terrain with very passionate individuals and groups involved'' said one scholar, (Moyo: 2013) in his journal article as he looked at the relationship bet...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Blessing Vava
Amnesty International orders Mugabe to release Pastor Mawarire
Amnesty Interntional has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a Zimbabwean human rights campaigner and #ThisFlag protest leader Evan Mawarire.Mr Mawarire, a pastor, was arrest...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 16:12hrs | | by BBC
UZ medical students beaten by security guards
Unconfirmed reports indicate that University of Zimbabwe's medical students protesting fee hikes have been beaten by the university's security guards.They have also been told they risk being e...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 11:10hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Nust ordered not to bar students from writing exams over unpaid fees
THE Government has ordered the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to reverse its decision to bar students who have not paid fees from writing examinations that are expected to st...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sues Zimpapers journalists
The Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo has slapped four editors and three reporters from various publications falling under the ...Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'South African students want all universities shut down'
JOHANNESBURG - South African students protesting against high tuition fees have demanded that all universities be shut until the government provides free education, Johannesburg's University of the Wi...Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutharika joins Mugabe in a relentless race to the bottom
Malawi's President, Peter Mutharika shares much in common with Zimbabwe's nonagenarian leader, Robert Mugabe. Similarities have the capacity to evoke nostalgia, but when it comes to these two men, fam...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 17:24hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Students protest UZ tuition fee hike
The Zimbabwe National Students' Union (Zinasu) has criticised the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s decision to hike tuition fees starting next semester.In a statement, Zinasu spokesperson Zivai M...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 15:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South African police fire rubber bullets at students
JOHANNESBURG - South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of students protesting against rape on campus at Rhodes University yesterday, forcing classes to be called off for the day...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Reuters
What makes Robert Mugabe rattle his enemies so unfailingly?
What is it that makes Robert Mugabe rattle his enemies so unfailingly? Even when he does nothing at all?We have been having a big debate on the local media, more accurately, on a portion of it...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Nathaniel Manheru
SA students protest against Afrikaans!
CHAOS erupted at the North West University campus in Potchefstroom yesterday.It happened after students tried to force their way into the university's office buildings.Cops and sec...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 12:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students protest over Grace Mugabe's 'miraculous' PhD
The Zimbabwe students union has demanded the resignation of the university's officials over Grace Mugabe's "miraculous" PhD from the University of Zimbabwe apparently just months after she enrolled fo...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo teen becomes new Child President
Bulawayo-based teenager Nhlanhla Moyo of Hamilton High School was elected Zimbabwe's Child President on Thursday after outpolling nine candidates at the Harare Institute of Technology.Moyo ta...Published: 21 Jun 2014 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Child President election date set
ZIMBABWE Youth Council (ZYC), custodians of Junior Parliament, has announced June 20 as the date for the new junior presidential elections to be conducted at the Harare Institute of Technology....Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nust students demand end to lecturers' strike
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Lindela Ndlovu was yesterday forced to address disgruntled students who demonstrated in front of his office calling for ...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 16:03hrs | 3 | by Nqobile Tshili
Harare Polytechnic students riot
RIOT POLICE in Harare today broke up a demonstration staged at Harare Polytechnic by students protesting against the Ministry of Higher Education and government and arrested student's leader, ....Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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