The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) is reportedly set to take President Robert Mugabe and the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) to court over the awarding of a controversial doctorate of philosophy degree to the country’s First Lady.
The PhD was granted to Grace Mugabe, a 49-year-old former typist in the president’s office, a few weeks ago – just months after she enrolled for the course.
Grace was capped by her husband along with other 3 274 graduates.
According to Voice of America, Zinasu said it would file a court case on Wednesday challenging Mugabe and the UZ administrators to publicise information regarding the awarding of the PhD to Grace.
Zinasu said it decided to take the matter to court after failing to get information on the doctorate from the vice chancellor and other UZ senior officials…
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