Phinias Makhurane

An Autobiography

Phineas Makhurane

 

Synopsis

Professor Phinias Makhurane AKA "Double Brain" in this book remembers a life in education. As one of the first Africans to major in Physics and Mathematics at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Professor Makhurane was also the first black Zimbabwean to acquire a PhD in the sciences. He later went on to hold numerous high level positions in the Education sector in Southern Africa such as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Botswana and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe where he was influential in the expansion of the university's infrastructure. Until his retirement Professor Makhurane was Vice-Chancellor at the National University of Science and Technology in Buluwayo.

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Prof Phineas Makhurane is an academic and chairman of the Zimbabwe National Council for Higher Education. He was the first Vice-Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology and a previous Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe