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Minister of State for Government Scholarships in the President’s Office Dr Christopher Mushohwe sent off 50 students to the University of Johannesburg on Monday.

The group is the first batch to be sent to South African universities under Government scholarships this year. The students are going to study Accounting and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and IT.

Of the 50, 32 of them are going to do Accounting Engineering at one of the world’s best schools of accounting.

In his address, Minister Mushohwe explained that the Presidential Scholarship now comes under the new Ministry of Government Scholarships in the President’s Office, which he leads.

He told the students that they were expected to be addressed by the President, who was away in Addis Ababa after the Davos meeting, which gave him a chance to market the country and the business opportunities saying when the students complete their studies the country would have made huge economic strides. Minister Mushohwe implored the students to be good ambassadors of Zimbabwe. — ZBC Newsonline.