HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday capped 6,918 students at the University of Zimbabwe’s 44th graduation ceremony, despite an urgent High Court application seeking to halt the event over unresolved examination disputes.
Dr Phillemon Chamburuka, a lecturer at the UZ representing the Association of University Teachers, filed the court challenge accusing the university administration of pressing ahead with “compromised” results in the midst of a lecturers’ strike.
In the application, Chamburuka sought an interdict barring the UZ Council, Vice Chancellor, and other officials from “conducting, presiding over, or facilitating” the graduation until a forensic audit of the 2024–2025 second semester results had been completed. Lecturers have been on strike for most of the semester, and many remain on industrial action.
Despite the legal challenge, the ceremony proceeded with Mnangagwa conferring degrees on thousands of graduands, including 3,674 women.
Among the notable graduates was former Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna, who finally obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree. Nduna made headlines last year after faking his graduation when it later emerged that he had failed some of his modules.
Also graduating was Judicial Services Commission secretary Walter Chikwanha, who earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Law.
The High Court is yet to make a determination on the urgent application.
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