List of University of Zimbabwe people

Academia • Kathleen Coleman (1975), classicist and professor at Harvard University • John McDowell, South African philosopher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh • Peter McLaughlin, Northern Irish-Zimbabwean educator, historian, and school administrator • Levi Nyagura, mathematician; Vice Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe since 2003 Business and finance • Gideon Gono, banker; Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe 2003–2013 • David Hatendi (1976), businessman and banker; Zimbabwe's first black Rhodes Scholar • Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo, businessman, political activist, and commercial farmer • Blessing Mudavanhu, businessman, banker, and corporate executive Entertainment • Lucian Msamati (1997), British-Tanzanian actor • Xoliswa Sithole (1987), Zimbabwean-South African actress and documentary filmmaker Government, law, and politics Political officeholders • Michael Lulume Bayigga (2004), Ugandan physician and Member of Parliament • Tendai Biti (1990), lawyer and Member of Parliament; Minister of Finance 2009–2013 • Nelson Chamisa, lawyer and Member of Parliament; Minister of Information and Communications Technology 2009–2013 • Fortune Chasi, lawyer and Member of Parliament • Fay Chung (1968), educator and politician; Minister of Education, Sport and Culture 1988–1993 • Lord Robert Hayward; British politician and Member of Parliament 1983–1992 • Rebecca Kadaga (2000, 2003); Ugandan politician and Member of Parliament; Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament since 2011 • David Karimanzira (1973); educator and politician; Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture 1985–1987; Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Settlement 1987–1990; Minister of Higher Education and Technology 1990–1993; Minister of Information, Post and Telecommunications 1993–1997; Governor of Mashonaland East Province 1997–2006; Governor of Harare Province 2006–2011 • Jessie Majome (1995, 2008), lawyer and Member of Parliament • Witness Mangwende, politician; Minister of Foreign Affairs 1981–1987; Ministry of Information, Posts, and Telecommunications 1987–1991; Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement 1991–1994; Minister of Education and Culture 1995–2002; Minister of Transport and Communication 2002–2004; Governor of Harare Province 2004–2005 • Oppah Muchinguri, politician; Member of Parliament until 2008; Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development 2005-2009; Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education and Science and Technology Development 2014-2015; Minister of Environment, Water and Climate since 2015 • Arthur Mutambara (1990), politician and founder of the Movement for Democratic Change – Mutambara party; Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 2009–2013 • Benon Mutambi, economist and civil servant, Permanent Secretary of the Ugandan Ministry of Internal Affairs since 2016 • Christopher Mutsvangwa (attended), businessman, diplomat, and politician; Zimbabwean Ambassador to China 2002–2006; Member of Parliament 2013–2016; Minister for War Veterans 2014–2016; Chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association since 2014; Minister of Media, Information, and Broadcast Services since 2017 • Welshman Ncube, lawyer, businessman, professor, and politician; Minister of Industry and Commerce 2009–2013 • Sophia Simba, Tanzanian politician and Member of Parliament; Minister of Community Development, Gender and Children 2006–2008 and 2010–2015 • Lulama Xingwana, South African politician; Member of Parliament since 1994; Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs 2006–2009; Minister of Arts and Culture 2009–2010; Minister for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities 2010–2014 • Patrick Zhuwao; politician, businessman, and farmer; Member of Parliament 2008-2013; Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment 2015-2017; Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare 2017 Diplomats • Boniface Chidyausiku, diplomat; Zimbabwean ambassador to China and North Korea (1990–1996), Angola (1996–1999), the World Trade Organization (1999–2002), the United Nations (1999–2010), and Russia (2011–2015) • Julian Harston, British diplomat for Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service and the United Nations • Tichaona Jokonya, politician and diplomat; Zimbabwean Ambassador to Ethiopia 1983–1988; Minister of Information 2005–2006 • Mike Nicholas Sango, Zimbabwe National Army brigadier general and diplomat; Zimbabwean Ambassador to Russia since 2015 • Trudy Stevenson; politician and diplomat; founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change; Member of Parliament 2000–2008; Zimbabwean ambassador to Senegal and The Gambia since 2009 Lawyers and judges • George Chiweshe (1988), Zimbabwe National Army brigadier general; chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission • Anne-Marie Gowora (1979), justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe since 2012; justice of the High Court of Zimbabwe 2000–2012 • Steven W. Hawkins (1985), American lawyer; former director of the NAACP and Amnesty International • Irene Mulyagonja, Ugandan lawyer and judge; justice of the High Court of Uganda 2008–2012; Inspector General of the Government since 2012 • Simpson Mutambanengwe (1959), Zimbabwean-Namibian lawyer and judge; justice of the High Court of Zimbabwe 1986–1994; Justice of the High Court of Namibia 1994–?; he also served on the Supreme Court of Namibia; acting Chief Justice of Namibia 2004; Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 2010–2013 • Tawanda Mutasah, lawyer and senior director of law and policy at Amnesty International • Mkhululi Nyathi (1999) lawyer and former member of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission • Bharat Patel (1975), acting Attorney General of Zimbabwe 2003 and 2007–2008; Justice of the High Court of Zimbabwe 2005–2013; Justice of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe since 2013 • Vusi Pikoli (1988), South African lawyer; Director of the National Prosecuting Authority 2005–2007 • Shafimana Ueitele (1990), Namibian lawyer and judge; former Electoral Commissioner of Namibia and Justice of the High Court of Namibia Activists and political figures • Itai Dzamara (2004), journalist and democracy activist • Sarah Kachingwe (1961), politician and activist; first black female to enroll at the then-University College of Rhodesia in 1957 • Lovemore Madhuku (1990), lawyer and democracy activist • Alex Magaisa (1997), lawyer and former advisor to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai; lecturer at the University of Kent • Fadzayi Mahere (2008), lawyer and political activist • Betty Makoni, educator and female sexual abuse victims' activist • Janice McLaughlin (1992), nun, missionary, human rights activist • Diana Mitchell, writer and political activist • Daniel Molokele (1999), lawyer and democracy activist • Earnest Mudzengi (2001), human rights and democracy activist • Everjoice Win (1988), feminist activist • Beauty Zhuwao, politician; former Mashonaland West provincial treasurer for ZANU–PF Journalism and media • Caroline Gombakomba, radio journalist • Michael Holman (1968), journalist and novelist; Africa editor for the Financial Times • Trevor Ncube, businessman and newspaper publisher Literature • Catherine Buckle (1979), farmer and writer • Shimmer Chinodya, novelist • Chirikure Chirikure, poet, writer, and musician • Tsitsi Dangarembga, novelist and filmmaker • Petina Gappah, lawyer, writer, and novelist • Chenjerai Hove, poet, novelist, and essayist • Alexander Kanengoni, writer • Dambudzo Marechera, novelist, playwright, poet, and short story writer • Albert Nyathi, poet • Len Rix, translator of Hungarian literature • Irene Sabatini, novelist • Elinor Sisulu, Zimbabwean-South African writer and activist Medicine, science, and technology • Sir Michael Berridge, British physiologist and biochemist • Pride Chigwedere, physician and HIV/AIDS researcher • Rachel Chikwamba, biopharmaceutical researcher • Solomon Guramatunhu, ophthalmologist • Steven Hatfill (1984), American physician, virologist, and biological weapons researcher • Jonathan Hutton (1984), British-Zimbabwean ecologist and conservationist; professor at the University of Kent • Tonderai Kasu, Substantive Director of Health and Environmental Services for Chitungwiza • Godfrey Muguti (1978), general and plastic surgeon • Bothwell Mbuwayesango, pediatric surgeon who successfully separated conjoined twins in 2014 • Francisca Mutapi, parasite immunologist and the first black female professor at the University of Edinburgh • Madeline Nyamwanza-Makonese (1970), physician and first female doctor in Zimbabwe • Fadzai Zengeya, academic and Geographic information system specialist Music • Viomak, musician and political activist Religion • Albert Chama, Zambian Anglican bishop; Archbishop of Central Africa since 2011 • Naboth Manzongo, Zimbabwean Anglican bishop in Canada • Rob Nairn, South African lawyer and Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author Sports Visual arts • Rashid Lombard, South African photographer and photojournalist Other • Maud Chifamba, youngest university student in Africa at age 14, award-winning activist and speaker == Faculty ==

, President of Zimbabwe Academia Principals of the University of Zimbabwe • William Rollo, interim Principal 1953–1955 • Walter Adams, Principal 1955–1967 • Terence Miller, Principal 1967–1969 • Robert Craig Principal 1969–1980 • Leonard Lewis, Principal 1980–1981 • Walter Kamba, Vice-Chancellor 1981–1992 • Gordon Chavunduka, Vice-Chancellor 1992–1996 • Graham Hill, Vice-Chancellor 1997–2002 • Levi Nyagura, Vice-Chancellor 2003– University heads A number of former University of Zimbabwe faculty and administrators have gone on to head other universities: • Sir Walter Adams, Director of the London School of Economics • Ngwabi Bhebhe, Vice-Chancellor of Midlands State University • Cowdeng Chikomba, Vice-Chancellor of Bindura University of Science Education • Peter Dzvimbo, Vice-Chancellor of Zimbabwe Open University and Rector of the African Virtual University • Phineas Makhurane, Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology • Lindela Ndlovu, Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology • Emmanuel Ngara, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal • Charles Nherera, Vice-Chancellor of Chinhoyi University of Technology • David Simbi, Vice-Chancellor of Chinhoyi University of Technology • Julius Weinberg, Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University • Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor of University of Pretoria Educators and school administrators • Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwean academic; lecturer in Christian History • Peter McLaughlin, Northern Irish historian and school administrator; lecturer in modern history at UZ 1977–1983 Government, law, and politics Political officeholders • Canaan Banana, Methodist minister and politician, President of Zimbabwe 1980–1987; chair of the religion department at UZ in the 1980s • Ignatius Chombo, politician and businessman; Minister of Local Government 2000–2015; Minister of Home Affairs 2015–2017; Minister of Finance 2017; lecturer and department chair at UZ 1988–1992 • Heneri Dzinotyiweyi, mathematician and Member of Parliament; Minister of Science and Technology Development since 2009; former dean of science at UZ • Munyaradzi Gwisai, Socialist and political activist; former Member of Parliament • Owen Horwood, South African economist and politician; South African Minister of Finance 1975–1984; taught economics at UZ in the late 1950s • Jonathan Moyo, politician; Minister of Information 2000–2005, 2013–2015; Member of Parliament 2005–2013; Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development 2015–2017; was a lecturer at UZ in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies 1988–1993 • Elphas Mukonoweshuro, political scientist and politician; Minister of Public Service 2009–2011; taught political science at UZ • Welshman Ncube, lawyer, businessman, and politician; Minister of Industry and Commerce 2009–2013; taught law at UZ 1985–2000; chair of the Department of Private Law at UZ 1988–1996 • Malcolm Rifkind, British lawyer and politician; Member of Parliament 1974–2015; British Foreign Secretary 1995–1997; was an assistant lecturer at UZ 1967–1968. Lawyers and judges • Anne Hellum, Norwegian jurist and professor at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law; visiting professor of law at UZ since 1989 • Ben Hlatwayo, Justice of the High Court of Zimbabwe • Lovemore Madhuku, lawyer and democracy activist; previously taught law at UZ • Rita Makarau, Justice and President of the High Court of Zimbabwe • Mkhululi Nyathi, lawyer and former member of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission; taught public law at UZ 2002–2004 Activists and political figures • Panashe Eric Chivenge, political activist; Chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly Humanities • Giovanni Arrighi, Italian economist and sociologist; professor at Johns Hopkins University • David Beach, British-Zimbabwean historian • Korkut Boratav, Turkish Marxian economist; taught at UZ 1984–1986 • Ernest Bulle, academic and politician; taught African languages at UZ in the 1970s • Jackson Mutero Chirenje, historian and former professor at Harvard University; former lecturer and chair of the history department at UZ • Peter Garlake, archaeologist and historian; professor at UZ 1964–1970; forced to leave Rhodesia in 1970 due to his research concluding that Great Zimbabwe was built by the Shona people • Shadrack Gutto, Chair of African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa; taught at UZ until he was deported from Zimbabwe in 1988. • Ioan Lewis, Scottish anthropologist and historian; taught at UZ in the 1960s • John McCracken, Scottish historian; taught at UZ 1964–1965, when he left following Rhodesia's UDI • Diana Mitchell, political activist and writer; taught science at UZ • Brian Raftopoulos, historian and former professor of Development Studies at UZ • Terence Ranger, British historian; taught history at UZ 1957–1963 when he was deported from Rhodesia for his views on African history that the government considered radical • Barrie Pettman, businessman, academic, and philanthropist; was director of the manpower unit at UZ 1978–1979 Literature • Charles Mungoshi, novelist and short story writer; writer-in-residence at UZ 1982–1985 • Solomon Mutswairo, novelist and poet; wrote the lyrics to the National Anthem of Zimbabwe; former writer-in-residence at UZ • Len Rix, translator of Hungarian literature; taught English at UZ • Clive Wake, South African editor and translator of modern French and African literature • Musaemura Zimunya; writer and poet; professor of English at UZ since 1980 • Innocent Gangaidzo, academic and gastroenterologist, who currently serves as the president of the East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Physicians (ESCACOP). • Michael Gelfand, South African-Zimbabwean physician; professor of African Medicine at UZ 1962–1970; professor and head of the department of medicine 1970–1977 • James Gita Hakim, professor of medicine, cardiologist and HIV clinical trialist • Graham Hill, veterinary surgeon and researcher; Vice-Chancellor of UZ 1997–2002 • Laurence Levy, first neurosurgeon in Africa; professor of surgery and anatomy at UZ • Terence Miller, British geologist; Principal of UZ 1967–1969 • Louis Miles Muggleton, South African-British physicist and electrical engineer; founder, professor, and dean of the Faculty of Engineering at UZ 1973–1980 • Brian Walker, Zimbabwean-Australian ecologist; was a lecturer at UZ 1969–1975 Religion • Robert Craig; Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian; former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; Principal of UZ 1969–1980 • Adrian Hastings, Malaysian-British Roman Catholic priest, historian, and writer; professor of religious studies at UZ 1982–1985 • Rob Nairn, South African lawyer and Tibetan Buddhist teacher and author; taught law and criminology at UZ == References ==