Zimbabwe: Nyagura Blames Mugabe

Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura yesterday said he was being wrongly charged for illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, insisting that the latter's husband, former President Robert Mugabe who was the varsity's Chancellor approved and conferred his wife with the PhD.

Citing Section 8 of the University of Zimbabwe Act, Nyagura, through his lawyer Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, said a vice chancellor was not responsible for the award of degrees.

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