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PROGRAMME: NUST TAX SEMINAR, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

20 November 2019 

Applications are invited for admission into the above TWO – YEAR Part-time (Weekend School) Postgraduate degree programme. Applicants can apply for either Bulawayo or Harare Cohort (January 2020 intake), and therefore should specify on the application forms.

Entry requirements

To be admitted into the programme:

• Candidates must have a good honours degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• Candidates must have a thorough knowledge of Financial Reporting and Financial Analysis.
• Professional qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, CIS will be an added advantage.

Applications accompanied by an application fee of $20 should reach the office by 30 November 2019 and should be addressed to:

Senior Assistant Registrar, Admissions and Student Records, National University of Science and Technology, P O Box AC939, Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. For further details:  Please contact the Department of Accounting on +263 -9-282842/289557/289555 Ext 2059/2061

TO ALL PROSPECT GRADUANDS 2019: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

•  The international graduands graduation fee is US$85 ($65 Graduation Fee and $10 each for the certificate and transcript)

• The last day of payment through Ecocash and RTGS is Tuesday 5th November 2019. Thereafter payments must be through swipe or cash.

• All graduands who have not paid their outstanding fees by graduation day will not receive their certificates and transcripts until their fees are cleared.

• Those graduands who paid more than $500 (including refunds for caution and Lab deposits) must email their bank details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to enable the processing of their refunds. 

Thank you

Ms T Ncube

Acting Bursar

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Mqhele. E. Dlodlo has encouraged newly elected Students Representative Council (SRC) members to be innovative positive thinkers in this challenging economic environment.

“We need more positive thinkers who can think themselves out of any situation. It is amazing what you can do when you are positive. Lead with courage. When things are tough, think in other terms. Step back a little and look at it differently,” said Prof Dlodlo.

Led by the newly elected President, Innocent Dombo, the fifteen  member SRC met the Vice Chancellor, to introduce themselves as well as share their vision.

Prof Dlodlo congratulated the new SRC members for being elected as student leaders.

“Congratulations to you all. We are happy that you won the right to lead. It is a recognition of who you are .Be sensitive to minority rights and practice an egalitarian way of leading,” he said.

The new SRC body which was voted into power on the 10th of October 2019, welcomed thewords of encouragement from the Vice Chancellor and assured that they will be innovative as they strive to come up with new ways of generating income.

Dombo called for a paradigm shift in how the SRC is perceived, as negative perception incapacitates and renders them useless therefore making it difficult for them to work.

“It makes it difficult for us to think and work effectively if we are viewed as partisans,” said Dombo.

The new SRC pleaded with the Vice Chancellor to help them with whatever they needed especially if it was going to ensure smooth operations for the University.

Students are hereby notified that this year’s Graduation Ceremony will be held on Friday 8 November 2019.  Therefore, there will be a break in view of the Graduation Ceremony from Saturday 2 November 2019 to Sunday 10 November 2019.

Lectures will therefore end on Saturday 2 November 2019 and resume on Monday 11 November 2019. 

Mr F Mhlanga 

Registrar

The National University of Science and Technology’s Faculty of Communication and Information Science is set to launch its Journal, Southern African Journal of Communication and Information Science (SAJCIS), which aims at influencing policy and practice in the field of communication.

Editor-in-Chief of SAJCIS, Dr Peterson Dhewa said the journal will provide an in-depth coverage of current developments in the management, provision and dissemination of information in Southern Africa.

Dr Dhewa also said the faculty created the journal so as to generate knowledge and encourage staff members and students to publish their research papers and dissertation.

The journal covers Faculty’s departments of Journalism and Media Studies, Records and Archives Management, Library and Information Science and Publishing Studies.

Dr Dhewa said the journal will have an impact to NUST as an institution in that it will provide increased visibility and improve its world university ranking.

He also said SAJCIS will cover key thematic areas such as Information processing and Management, Knowledge Management and Economy, Television and Film Studies, Media and Identity politics (gender, nationalism, youth subcultures), Information seeking behaviors, Bibliographic control and service, Meta data and structured vocabularies, The production, distribution and consumption of media texts just to name a few.

The SAJCIS is at the phase of receiving manuscripts for publication and it is the going to be the second journal publisher for NUST following Zimbabwe Journal of Science and Technology (ZJST). 

The DELTA Carling Black Label has awarded National University of Science and Technology’s ladies darts team with three dart boards for being the 2019 Zimbabwe Tertiary Institutions Sports Union (ZTISU) games champions.

The ZTISU games which were sponsored by Carling Black Label (DELTA) saw the Zimbabwe Universities Sports Association (ZUSA) silver medalists thrashing Midlands State University, the usual champions, proving to be untouchable to all teacher’s colleges, polytechnics and

universities’ teams. The games were hosted by the University of Zimbabwe from the 17th to the 22nd of June 2019. 

Carling Black Label’s representative, Mr Paul Danisa said that the company will continue supporting the NUST’s sports and recreation department as it has done with soccer and pool disciplines.

“We are here to recognize champions because we believe that champions come from tertiary institutions.” said Mr Danisa. He added that: “The statement I am leaving you with is that always reward the champion in you.”

NUST’s male counterparts this year gave the ladies the spot light as they are the 2018 ZTISU games champions and gold medalist at the Confederation of Universities and Colleges of Southern Africa (CUCSA) games which were held at Gaborone, Botswana.

The ladies’ team captain, Nicola Ndlovu appreciated the equipment handed over to them by Delta and the support given by NUST throughout their journey. She also said that the equipment will go a long way in maintaining and improving the standards of performance.

“We promise to put to good use the equipment received and as the team’s motto is “To reach for gold”, we will continue making the institution proud.”

NUST’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela described the performance by the team as splendid adding that they should pursue their talents with much vigour.

“Congratulations are in order, I can see world champion darts players here and don’t take this lightly because if you are achieving this much in open competition then you can surely take on the world.” said Dr Mazithulela.

NUST STUDENTS SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE INSTITUTION AND THE COUNTRY AT THE 2019 MILLENIUM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.

 Eleven National University of Science and Technology students have been selected to represent the Institution and the Country for Millennium Fellowship Program 2019. Anesu  Shadaya final year Accounting student, Tanaka Charamba final year Human Resource Management student, Blessing Peter and Ian Harahwa both 3rd year Accounting students, Geraldine Bosha final year Finance student, Ian Rushambwa a 3rd year Banking and Investment student, Nigel Nyathi a  4th year Industrial Engineering student, Robert Selemani 2nd year Informatics student, Rufaro Hozheri and Tanyaradzwa Chiwutani both 3rd year Finance students and Tendai Dara 3rd year Accounting student, were selected to come up with a project that will advance United Nations’ Goals.

In 2018, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and Millennium Campus Network (MCN) launched the Millennium Fellowship where the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr.  Ban Ki-moon shared his enthusiasm for the project highlighting that Millennium Fellows have to lead by example - with empathy, humility, and inclusion as guiding values.  

“You can embrace global citizenship, building a strong global network to learn from and support each other…We are all counting on you to affirm the dignity of people and our planet, now and for years to come.” said Mr. Ban 

  The selective Fellowship is a semester-long leadership development program that convenes, challenges, and celebrates student leadership for UN goals. For the Class of 2019, 7000+ students applied from 1,209 campuses across 135 nations.  Only 6% of the campuses were selected to host Fellows for the Class of 2019.

The Class of 2019 has been announced and 1,092 extraordinary Millennium Fellows have been selected on 69 campuses across 16 nations to participate this year. Leading campus cohorts have been selected from every region of the globe. From August through December, Millennium Fellows will take action to help make the Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations’

Academic Impact Principles a reality. Fellows’ Projects are projected to positively impact the lives of over 978,400 people worldwide. The proposed Fellowship projects are bold and innovative:  

At the National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Fellows are advancing various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create positive social impact within their communities and align institutions of higher education with the United Nations in supporting and contributing to the realization of United Nations goals and mandates, including the promotion and protection of human rights, access to education, sustainability and conflict resolution.

“When we created the United Nations Academic Impact to foster a culture of intellectual social responsibility, we considered ‘intellect’ not as something remote or esoteric, but rather as a quality innate in every individual. Our collaboration with MCN will allow students to demonstrate how the wisdom and thought they invest in their formal curriculum can be extended to a greater purpose of common good, lending their strengths to their communities and their world and, in turn, being enriched by them,” shared Ramu Damodaran, Chief of United Nations Academic Impact. 

He added: “On every campus and in every community, student leaders are committed to making positive contributions while committed to our ethos: empathetic, humble, inclusive leadership. Emerging leaders need requisite training, connections, and recognition to deepen their social impact as undergraduates and throughout their careers. Partnering with UNAI enables us to engage more students, providing a powerful framework to help them convene, take action, and elevate the important contributions they make.”