VC Of Zimbabwean University Arrested Over Grace Mugabe’s doctorate Degree

The Vice-Chancellor of Zimbabwe’s oldest university has been arrested over the suspected fraudulent awarding of a doctoral degree to former first lady, Mrs. Grace Mugabe.

The degree was awarded when ousted president, Robert Mugabe was the university chancellor.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe, Levi Nyagura was arrested on Friday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission following an investigation into the controversial PhD.

Grace, whose husband resigned in November under pressure from the military, received a doctorate in 2014 amid allegations that she just spent months of study whereas doctorates typically require several years of full-time research and writing.

Anti-Corruption Commission spokeswoman, Phyllis Chikundura, said the university should provide the “paper trail” showing Grace Mugabe’s registration and academic progression but Sociology department lecturers said they had no records of Mugabe’s work.

A copy of the 226-page doctoral thesis, titled “The Changing Social Structure and Functions of the Family” was only published last month following public calls for the 52-year-old to be stripped of her PhD.

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