Charity Manyeruke

Charity Manyeruke
Alma mater	University of Zimbabwe
Occupation	Academic

Charity Manyeruke is a Zimbabwean academic with alleged tied to the ZANU-PF party. Manyeruke is also Council Member of the University of Zimbabwe Council and Vice President of the Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Chapter OSSREA.^[1] In 2018 Manyeruke was appointed to The Motlanthe Commission.^[2]

Background

Qualifications

1. MSc. International Relations (UZ, 1996);
2. BSc. Politics and Administration (UZ, 1994);
3. Diploma in Human Resources (IPMZ); Diploma in Public Relations (LCCI);
4. Certificate in Research Methods (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
5. DPhil (UZ, 2007): Thesis on “The World Trade Organisation and Developing Countries: The Case of Zimbabwe (International Economic Relations);

Board Memberships

1. Council Member – University of Zimbabwe Council
2. Vice President - Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa-Zimbabwe Chapter OSSREA (2014 - current)
3. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)
4. ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH)
5. Southern and Eastern African Trade, Information and Negotiations Institute – (SEATINI)
6. Federation for Young Farmers Club Zimbabwe (FYFCZ)

Events

In April 2015, Charity Manyeruke was awarded a professorship in Political Science at the University of Zimbabwe. Academics and students expressed grave doubts over Manyeruke’s publications record and whether it qualifies her to be accorded professorship, amid reports that the Academic Promotions Committee had turned down her application but Vice Chancellor Professor Levy Nyagura went ahead and unilaterally facilitated for Manyeruke the honour. This controversy comes after the university’s conferment of a doctorate of philosophy degree to (then) First Lady Grace Mugabe who is said to have completed the higher degree in a record three months without following procedures. Grace’s degree award drew the ire of the academic fraternity and general citizenry, as there was no proof she had gone through the necessary academic processes and procedures to earn a doctorate. Despite repeated calls, the UZ has failed to produce details of when the First Lady was admitted for studies or a record of her thesis. ^[3]</