• 18 000 graduates offloaded onto the dusty jobless streets in 2004 alone
  
• Mugabe installs Professor Kuipa

By Sydney Barson, LUPANE | President Robert Mugabe capped 644 graduands Monday, and installed Professor Pardon Kusaziwa Kuipa as the inaugural Vice Chancellor of Lupane State University.
Kuipa, a Shona, becomes the first Vice Chancellor for the University.
The 91 year old from Zvimba was accompanied by Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, Professor Jonathan Moyo, his deputy Dr. Godfrey Gandawa and the Minister of Provincial Affairs, Matebeleland North Cain Mathema.

In his acceptance speech, Kuipa promised to make Lupane State University a world – class high education provider.
Both Mugabe and his spin doctor, Higher Education Minister said nothing about the official opening of Lupane State University which still operates from rented apartments in Bulawayo almost a decade since construction began in Lupane.
The 6th graduation attended by thousands of hungry people from Lupane included the most visible bussed ZANU PF supporters in full regalia from all over Matebeleland North.
In 2014 alone Mugabe capped 18 000 graduates from all universities in Zimbabwe. Today’s graduands join rest of unemployed professionals topping Zimbabwe’s unemployment index.
With the ongoing infighting in the ruling ZANU PF and the dwindling economic situation, graduates face a hopeless homeless and jobless future.