President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has toured the Bulawayo Students Accommodation City and unveiled plaque and officially commissioned the complex. The commissioning ceremony was held today, 14th of November, 2024.
The Bulawayo Students Accommodation City (BSAC) has 516 rooms, while one room accomodates two students. At full capacity, BSAC will accommodate 1032 students. Students are drawn from tertiary institutions including NUST, Bulawayo Polytechnic and Zimbabwe School of Mines.
The model is a result of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), including the Public Service Commission Pension Fund, Old Mutual, and the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe. The model will ease student accommodation challenges and is being replicated across the country.
Thereafter, His Excellency President and Chancellor of all State Universities, Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa presided over the 30th Graduation Ceremony of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), in Bulawayo.
The ceremony is being held at the Zimbabwe International Conference Centre where over 3200 students were capped.
