Government shelves plans for Robert Mugabe university

The government of Zimbabwe has temporarily shelved plans to construct a US$1 billion university in honour of former president Robert Mugabe as it was not a priority at the moment, writes Xolisani Ncube for NewsDay.

Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Amon Murwira told NewsDay last week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was yet to come up with an informed position on the proposed Robert Gabriel Mugabe University. “We are studying the university concept so that we can come up with an informed decision or position on the university,” he said.

Former first lady Grace Mugabe and Murwira’s predecessor Jonathan Moyo were the brains behind the proposed Mugabe University. The US$1 billion university, to be built through a government grant, was to be situated at Mugabe’s private property in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province.
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