Zimbabwe approve $1bn graduate school named after Mugabe

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Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe

The Zimbabwean Government on Wednesday approved one billion dollars for the construction of the first graduate school named after President Robert Mugabe, an official said Wednesday.

Jonathan Moyo, Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, said the University would focus on science and technology and have an institute focusing on research and “transformative and revolutionary leadership.”

“Cabinet has approved a grant of 800 million dollars towards the construction of the Robert Mugabe University and a grant of 200 million dollars towards the University Endowment Fund for research and innovation,” Moyo said.

Mugabe and his wife Grace are the founding trustees of the university that would be built outside the capital Harare.

While Mugabe’s rule was promising at independence in 1980, the ageing leader has been accused of wrecking the…

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