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State varsities to slash salaries

Feb 1, 2017 293

By Bridget Mananavire State universities have been forced to cut staff salaries by half after Treasury drastically reduced funding for grant-aided institutions in the 2017 National Budget. According to the Higher and Tertiary…
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Obituary

Paul Rumema Chimhosva: ‘There would have been a time for such a word’

Jan 6, 2017 1,312

By Tawanda Future Mutasah I am thinking just now of two situations that could not be more different in tone and register. In the first one, it’s lunchtime on a sultry day back in 1992. Paul Chimhosva, Martin Dinha and I are standing at…
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Local

‘Chinamasa should have budgeted for grants’

Dec 16, 2016 239

Zimbabwe National Students’ Union (Zinasu) has slammed Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s 2017 national budget saying it was out of touch with students’ needs. The spending plan proposed to allocate $200.9 million for Higher and…
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Politics

Mugabe security seizes pens from students, scribes

Oct 26, 2016 727

By Dumisani Nyoni President Robert Mugabe’s security on Friday reportedly confiscated ball point pens from students and visitors who were attending a graduation ceremony at the Lupane State University. According to students,…
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News

Students want Jonathan Moyo fired

Oct 8, 2016 335

By TatendaDewa | Harare Bureau | An association of college and university students, the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu), wants President Robert Mugabe to fire the Higher and Tertiary Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, after he…
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News

Freedom of assembly and association is also a human right!

Sep 26, 2016 252

Heal Zimbabwe condemns the disruption of a Zimbabwe National Students Union(ZINASU) General council meeting by police on 24 September 2016 in Mutare.
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Local

Zinasu protests UZ, GZU exam barring

May 19, 2016 473

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has threatened to unleash mass protests at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) and Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) for barring students from sitting for their exams over tuition fee arrears.…
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Local

‘Ministers spreading STIs at varsities’

Dec 12, 2015 588

By Farayi Machamire HARARE - Zimbabwean government ministers and politicians are spreading Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among university students, the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has said. According to a…
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News

Students clash with police in Harare

Nov 14, 2015 445

By Blessings Mashaya HARARE - Zimbabwe National Students’ Union (Zinasu) protesters yesterday clashed with police as scores of students marched through central Harare in a rally calling for a slash in tuition fees and the return of…
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Opinion

Tsvangirai not Mugabe strangled student politics: Response to Alex Magaisa

Oct 28, 2015 343

By Malvern Mkudu Inspired by the #FeesMustFall demonstrations that have engulfed South African Universities, debate has been raging in Zimbabwe on why the university students in the country cannot emulate their peers south of the…
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