HARARE – Students at the University of
Zimbabwe on Monday skipped their semester final exams, demanding that
vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura revoke the PhD controversially awarded to
now ex-First Lady Grace Mugabe in 2014, or that he step down with
immediate effect.
The students also said they would not write exams unless President Robert Mugabe leaves office.
UniZim
was forced to stop the exams after the students vowed they would not
step into exam halls unless their issues had been addressed.
Grace’s
thesis has never been made public and, according to university records,
she graduated three months after registration for a programme which
usually takes three years to complete.
Her husband is the chancellor of all 10 state universities.
Despite
being under house arrest, Mugabe presided over the Zimbabwe Open
University graduation ceremony in Hatcliffe, Harare, on Friday.
Meanwhile,
Zimbabwe National Students Union secretary-general, Makomborero
Haruzivishe, said on Monday afternoon they had declared a state of
emergency at all tertiary institutions following the military’s
intervention in the running of the country’s affairs.
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