The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) is a public university in Harare,Zimbabwe. It opened in 1952 as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland,and was initially affiliated with the University of London. It was later renamed the University of Rhodesia,and adopted its present name upon Zimbabwe's independence in 1980. UZ is the oldest and best-ranked university in Zimbabwe.
Jonathan Nathaniel Mlevu Moyo is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Higher Education from 2015 to 2017. He was previously Minister of Information and Publicity from 2000 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2015. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe as an independent candidate in 2005 and 2008. He is considered the core architect of the AIPPA and POSA restrictive legislation.
Phillip Chiyangwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the Zimbabwean government. His appointment as the head of Zimbabwe's football association led to controversy and he has been associated with various land disputes.
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as President of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former President Robert Mugabe,he held a series of cabinet portfolios and was Mugabe's Vice-President until November 2017,when he was dismissed before coming to power in a coup d'état. He secured his first full term as president in the disputed 2018 general election.
Norman Maphosa served as the Vice-Chancellor of Solusi University,a Seventh-day Adventist university located in Zimbabwe from early 1992 to 2011. He managed the University at a time when the Zimbabwean economy was at its apex,and also during its precarious nadir.
Lovemore Madhuku is a Zimbabwean politician and democracy activist who is best known for being one of the founding members of the National Constituent Assembly or NCA,a pro-democracy group. An active civil society worker,Madhuku served as NCA's President from 2001 to 2011. During his tenure as the President,he aimed at bringing forth a new autonomous constitution in Zimbabwe that would get rid of the one-party rule of Robert Mugabe,President of Zimbabwe since 1987. The highlight of his career came when the NCA successfully defeated a constitution introduced by Mugabe in the national referendum in 2000. Ever since Madhuku has been trying to bring to an end the autocratic rule and establish a democratic constitution in Zimbabwe. He attained his degree in law from the University of Zimbabwe and later did his doctorate degree from the University of Cambridge. He has been appointed as a full-time professor at the University of Zimbabwe since 2011. Madhuku penned the famous textbook,'An Introduction to Zimbabwean Law' which gives an insight into Zimbabwean legal system
Dominican Convent High School is a private Catholic day school for girls in Harare,Zimbabwe. One of the oldest established schools in Zimbabwe,Dominican Convent was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick Cosgrave,an Irish nun,with 10 pupils.
Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe is a Zimbabwean entrepreneur,politician and the widow of the late President Robert Mugabe. She served as the First Lady of Zimbabwe from 1996 until her husband's resignation in November 2017,a week after he was ousted from power. Starting as a secretary to Mugabe,she rose in the ranks of the ruling ZANU–PF party to become the head of its Women's League and a key figure in the Generation 40 faction. At the same time,she gained a reputation for privilege and extravagance during a period of economic turmoil in the country. She was given the nickname Gucci Grace due to her extravagance. She was expelled from the party,with other G40 members,during the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état.
Constantino Chiwenga,is a Zimbabwean politician and former army general currently serving,since 2017,as the First Vice-President of Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa. In August 2020,he added the Health Ministry to his portfolio.
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) is the second largest public research university in Zimbabwe,located in Bulawayo. It was established in 1991. On 8 April 1991,NUST opened for the first time with 270 students in three faculties. The number of academic staff was 28.
Nyepudzayi Bona Mugabe is a Zimbabwean businesswoman. She is the only daughter of former and late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Grace Mugabe,who also have two sons. She shares a name with Robert Mugabe's mother.
The 2016–2017 Zimbabwe protests began in Zimbabwe on 6 July 2016. Thousands of Zimbabweans protested government repression,poor public services,high unemployment,widespread corruption and delays in civil servants receiving their salaries. A national strike,named "stay-away day," began on 6 July and subsequent protests took place across the country and diaspora.
Whitlaw Tanyanyiwa Mugwiji is a Zimbabwean political activist currently exiled in Belgium.
Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri was a Zimbabwean businessman,politician,lawyer,farmer and philanthropist. He was a Minister of Finance,Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development and member of parliament for Mount Darwin East. Kuruneri was a member of Zanu-PF. He owned Ascotvale farm in the Mazowe valley in Zimbabwe.
Blessing Mudavanhu is a Zimbabwean mathematician,corporate executive,academic,businessman and entrepreneur,who is the founder and president of Dura Capital Limited,a company that he founded in 2006,at the age of 35 years. Effective 1 June 2018,he serves as the Group CEO of CBZ Holdings,a financial services conglomerate (company) in Zimbabwe.
In November 2017,Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was removed as president and party leader of ZANU-PF and was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces is Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the national defence organisations.
Energy Mutodi is a Zimbabwean businessman,politician,lawyer,academic,author and musician. He is ZANU–PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi West and former Deputy Minister of Information,Publicity and Broadcasting Services.
Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu was a Zimbabwean academic,diplomat,and politician. He joined the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in 1963 as a teacher in Matabeleland,and went on to serve as its representative to the United Nations and North America in the 1970s. After Zimbabwe's independence in 1980,he was a member of the House of Assembly from 1980 to 1985 and served as a senator from 1985 to 1990. He left ZAPU and joined the ruling ZANU–PF party in 1984.
