CPUT graduates from across Zimbabwe are set to meet in Harare this week for the launch of the first-ever Alumni chapter in the country.

The event will be hosted by Vice Chancellor, Dr Prins Nevhutalu, who is urging all Zimbabwean alumni to engage with and support their alma mater.

Alumni officer Francois Jooste says the launch is sure to be a fun-filled celebration and an opportunity for old friends to reconnect, network and build community.

“We’re extremely proud of the accomplishments of our graduates and the contribution our alumni make to their chosen professions, communities, and beyond. As we celebrate our tenth birthday as a merged institution, there’s never been a better time for our alumni, old and new, near or far, to help us position the CPUT as a world-class, socially-responsive university that embraces the cutting-edge of technology.”

The launch kicks off at the New Ambassador Hotel in Harare at 11:30am for 12h00 this coming Saturday 15th August and will be followed by lunch.

All alumni in Zimbabwe who haven’t RSVP’ed to the invite as yet, are urged to RSVP directly to Francois Jooste by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alternatively, alumni can call +27 21 460 3829 for further info.

There’s also a Whatsapp group aimed at promoting the event and spreading the word. Please send a Whatsapp message to Dr Amos Musengi on +263 78 302 1522 to join.

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More than 400 graduants from the Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences will be capped this morning, including the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s medal.

Elzane Bishop, who will be awarded a BSc in Diagnostic Radiography cum laude (86%), said it is a great honour to have been selected for the Vice-Chancellor's medal.

She said the secret to her success is consistent hard work “after hours, weekends and even holidays”.

“I set myself a goal at the beginning of the four years of studying and was determined to reach that 80% average goal of mine”.

She is doing her community service year as a diagnostic radiographer at Karl Bremer Hospital.

Community work and upliftment are a passion for her, and she hopes to use her training and skills to better other people's lives. “

Elzane is grateful for the guidance from her Lord and Saviour and for the support of her family and fellow classmates who participated in her journey. She thanks her lecturers and CPUT for providing her with the opportunity to be rewarded for her hard work.

Head of the Department (HOD) of Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences (MITS), Dr Merlisa Kemp, said: “As HOD, I am very proud of Elzane and her achievement. She has made me proud, as well as all the MITS staff who walked the BSc journey with her.”

The recipient of the Dean’s medal will also be announced during this morning’s ceremony.

The recipient is Fadzisai Makonyonga, who passed her BTech in Nursing with an average of 82.6%.

She is a Zimbabwean with formal refugee status in South Africa

Makonyonga matriculated at the St Francis of Assisi High School in Zimbabwe in 1998 with eight distinctions out of ten subjects. In 2014, she obtained a Master’s Degree in Research Psychology from the University of the Western Cape, but it was a career in Nursing, which was her ultimate calling and dream.

Makonyonga has three young children and often has to accompany her minor son to the hospital during the winter months, as he suffers from severe asthma. Despite all these stumbling blocks, she diligently applied herself to her studies and patients.

She is a registered nurse in the surgical ward at Vincent Pallotti Hospital.

Another highlight of this morning’s ceremony will be the awarding of a PhD in Biomedical Science to Jumoke Aboyewa, supervised by Prof Oluwafemi O. Oguntibeju, with Prof Mervin Meyer.

The thesis title is The Role of Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Extracts of Cyclopia Intermedia in the Anticancer Efficacy of Cyclopia Intermedia in the Anticancer Efficacy of Doxorubicin.

Written by Ilse Fredericks
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