Magwa appointed vice-chancellor

Zimbabwe-run university opened doors to its first group of students in August this year. The university has an enrolment of 80 block release students. RCU is Zimbabwe’s fourth church-owned university.
Prof Magwa yesterday said his vision was to transform RCU into a world class centre of excellence. He said the university would be developed and concentrated on special needs education, theology and community service embedded in Christian values.
“We have 80 block release students and we hope to enroll about 200 conventional students in February next year. We are happy that we have already secured infrastructure here at Morgenster Mission to house these students and also conduct lectures.”
He said RCU had entered into partnership with world-acclaimed universities such as Stellenborsh University in South Africa. He said the institution was currently working on a twinning arrangement with several universities in the Netherlands. The RCU currently runs three faculties namely Commerce, Education and Theology and Religious Studies.
Prof Magwa is a former lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at Midlands State University. He was a senior lecturer at MSU until 2003 before he became an associate professor in the same faculty the following year. In 2005, he was appointed acting dean in the same department. Prof Magwa started reading for a PhD in languages which he completed in 2008.
He became a full professor in 2009.
He joined the Zimbabwe Open University in 2010, becoming a dean in the Faculty of Arts and Languages. He later joined the RCU as acting vice-chancellor early this year.