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Mugabe caps 3 667 including youngest ever UZ graduate (18) who started Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at 14 years of age

Posted on September 30, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

President Mugabe yesterday conferred degrees to 3 667 University of Zimbabwe graduates from nine faculties and the College of Health Sciences. The faculties are Agriculture, Arts, Commerce, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Social Studies and Veterinary Science. Of the graduates, 3 106 were conferred with first degrees, 535 with Masters Degrees and 25 with Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Among those graduating with bachelors’ degrees, 149 had first-class passes. For the first time in the history…

US$600 000 Budgeted, One Train, 441 buses To Ferry Pupils To Harare For The Zanu PF Million Man March

Posted on May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

At a time when the nation are struggling, Zanu PF regime broke and banks have no cash, while Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime has replaced cash with worthless bond notes, Zanu PF has budgeted US$600 000, including 441 Buses To Ferry primary and secondary School Pupils, from across the country to attend the Zanu PF milllion man rally. Colleges have reportedly been instructed to close at 13:00 hrs, while some exams in various institutions, including…

‘University Of Zimbabwe To Lay Off 700 Out OF 1300 Non Academic Staff’

Posted on December 10, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has reportedly announced plans to lay off 700 out of its 1 300 non-academic staff complement, as the once prestigious academic institution battles to stay afloat. According to insiders, the institution last week informed its staff that it was embarking on a “rationalization” exercise in line with the current economic environment. This comes as most non-teaching staff are yet to receive their October and November salaries, while lecturers were in…

ZIMBABWE’S ELECTRICITY POWER CUTS, FUEL ILLEGAL LOGGING AND DEFORESTATION

Posted on November 6, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

IN the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness. In Mbare, a suburb that also serves as the heartland of informal trading in Harare, firewood dealers like Kudakwashe Shumba wait to buy their share of the logs before disappearing to pass them on to any number of the 5 million power-starved urban Zimbabweans. “We get the firewood from big syndicates,…

Zimbabwe’s Military Panicks Over Economic Implosion

Posted on October 31, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE military — the pillar of President Robert Mugabe’s rule — is reportedly panicking over the country’s dipping economy, which it fears is now the biggest threat to the ruling party’s continued grip on power as Zimbabwe sinks deeper into recession amid company closures and retrenchments. In separate private briefings this week, army chiefs told Zimbabwe Independent that the power cuts, which have seen most suburbs in Zimbabwe going for more than 18 hours…

‘University Of Zimbabwe Staffer Suspended For Procuring A Cap Too Small For Mugabe’

Posted on October 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FOR President Robert Mugabe, one size does not fit all. A senior staffer at the University of Zimbabwe has been suspended for allegedly procuring academic caps for Mugabe that were too small for his head, according to court papers filed this week. The long-time leader ended up wearing a mortarboard that was rejected as too small last year while officiating at an October 2 graduation ceremony in his role as chancellor of Zimbabwe’s dozen-plus state…

‘The whole Country Is On standby. We Are Just Waiting For Him To Die’-

Posted on October 24, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Harare (dpa) – The broad avenues lined with lilac trees in the Zimbabwean capital Harare show no images of 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe, but his presence towers over the southern African country he has ruled for 35 years. “The whole country is on standby. We are just waiting for him to die,” said Evans, a taxi business owner. Complaints abound about Mugabe’s authoritarian rule, which is seen as having ravaged what was once one of…

‘Zimbabwe’s Education System Is A Deadly Human Conveyor Belt Into An Ailing Economy’

Posted on October 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

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 colleges in the country are unable to obtain formal employment through which they can put their skills to use in assisting with the development of the country. Zimbabwe is churning out no less than ten thousand graduates every year from its many universities and colleges….

35 Years After Independance, 8 Million Zimbabweans (60% Population) Have No Electricity

Posted on September 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

SOME 35 years after independence, eight million Zimbabweans, about 60 percent of the population, still have no access to electricity, a cabinet minister has revealed. Energy and power development minister, Samuel Undenge, said Tuesday that the majority of Zimbabweans were still using traditional sources of energy such as firewood. The minister conceded that “we cannot continue to accept such situations as the norm”. This comes at a time even those with access to electrical power…

‘Sad About Chenjerayi Hove, But It’s sick To claim Mugabe exiled him!’-Jonathan Moyo

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has angrily refuted claims that President Mugabe pushed the late novelist, poet and essayist Chenjerai Hove out of the country.A fierce critic of President Robert Mugabe’s increasingly autocratic rule, Hove died of liver failure on Sunday afternoon in self-imposed exile in Norway where he had lived since the early 2000s. South Africa’s Political commentator, media entrepreneur Justice Malala twitted saying Hove was driven out of the country by Mugabe. He…

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