Staff Members

Academic Qualifications

• Richard Bukaliya is an Associate Professor teaching at the Zimbabwe Open University in the Faculty of Education. He is the Mashonaland East Regional Campus Programme Coordinator in the Department of Teacher Development, responsible for the Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood Development, Bachelor of Education (Secondary) and Diploma in Education (Primary).
• He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Management (ZOU), Master`s Degree in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies (ZOU), Bachelor of Education in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies (UZ), Certificate in Education (UZ), Diploma in Personnel Management (IPMZ), Higher Diploma in Human Resources Management (IPMZ), Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (ZOU) and a Certificate in Module Writing (ZOU). Professor Bukaliya is a Member of the Consortium of Senior Scholars of the University of Lusaka, Zambia.
• He is also a part time faculty member of UNICAF, Cyprus and Botswana Open University, among others.
• His research interests include issues in educational management, primary and secondary education and distance education.
• He has published 64 research articles in international peer reviewed journals and six book chapters to his name and has presented more than 15 research papers at conferences in several African countries and in Europe.
• The published papers are in areas that include primary and secondary education, distance education and educational management.
• He is on the review boards of several international research journals which include the International Journal of Social Sciences and Education, The International Journal of Educational Research, Greener Journals, Global International Publication House and the Global Research Journal of Education and Sumeranz Journal of Education, Linguistics and Literature.
• He is the Executive Editor of Spring Journals. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Educational Research. Locally, he is a member of the Zimbabwe Academic and Non-fiction Authors Association, where he is the current Mashonaland East Vice Chairperson.

He can be contacted on email: bukaliyar@zou.ac.zw or bukaliar@gmail.com and cell numbers 0733686818/0712501766/0774289637

Barbra Mapuranga is an astute and vibrant author who has over the years risen through the ranks to be an Associate Professor in Disability and Gender, with the Zimbabwe Open University. Professor Mapuranga has immense interest in people with Special Needs and those living with disabilities. She is an avid researcher who has extensively published in both local and highly esteemed international publishing houses and journals. Being a veteran educationalist, and a teacher by both profession and calling, she has also contributed to the curriculums of both primary-level and tertiary-level content. She has published Primary School Religious and Moral Education scholarly books for grades 4-7 in circulation which are well sought after and in huge demand. She has published a plethora of modules that both undergraduates and post-graduates at various universities have found handy, especially when dealing with issues of interest and difficulties as far as Special Needs and Disabilities studies are concerned. Besides being an academic, Professor Mapuranga has excelled in motivational speaking and has been a keynote speaker at several conferences. She has been invited and addressed several gatherings and individuals as she successfully sought to give hope to the hopeless, to put more options on the table for those in need of counsel and battling mental health challenges, to instil that disability does not mean inability, and through such a passion, she has impacted and transformed many lives. Her motto, ‘Your disability must not define you’ has encouraged all people with various impairments to see their dreams come true. She has inspired many youngsters to become academics as she demystified the old stereotypical view that academics is a field that is reserved for the old mature ones. Professor Mapuranga is a mother of three lovely boys. The message that she preaches to our highly patriarchal society is, that being a woman, later a mother or even having a disability is not a limitation on its own, but rather is a provocation for one to defy all the odds and challenge the status quo. She sits on various boards including the Apostolic Faith Mission Education Board and also happens to be the National Publicity Secretary for the Zimbabwe Academic and Non-fiction Authors Association. She has served as National Secretary of the Forum for African Women Educationalists in Zimbabwe. Recalling her background, she is always giving.).

Contact her:

Email: mapubee@gmail.com, mapurangabee@zou.ac.zw and,

Cell numbers: 0772917026, 0715701818

Dr Caleb Vhurande Kangai worked as a Primary school teacher in the Headlands area near Rusape from 1988 to 1990. Was a Deputy School Head for four years at Nyakudya Secondary School in Goromonzi from 1993 to 1996.  From 1997 to 1998, Dr Caleb Vhurande Kangai was employed as a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe in the Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Studies, coordinating distance education programmes. He left the University of Zimbabwe in 1999 and participated in the establishment of Zimbabwe Open University, an Open and Distance learning University. For the past 20 years, Dr. Caleb Kangai has participated in the development of distance education programmes in the Department of Educational Studies at the ZOU. He worked as a programme coordinator for six years at the ZOU Mashonaland West Regional Campus in Chinhoyi from 1999 to 2005. Was a programme leader at the ZOU National Centre in Harare for six years from 2006 to 2012. From 2013 to date, he has been programme coordinator at the ZOU Mashonaland East Regional Campus based in Marondera. Dr. Caleb Vhurande Kangai was born in Rusape on 8 June 1958. Attended St. Joseph Primary School in Rusape from Grades 1 to 7. Studied for Zimbabwe Junior Certificate, Ordinary Level and Advanced Level certificates through Correspondence Education. Trained as a primary school teacher at Mary Mount Zintec College in Mutare from 1983 to 1987. Enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe for a Bachelor of Education Degree in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies from 1990 to 1992. Studied for a Master of Education Degree in Educational Administration, Planning and Policy Studies at the University of Zimbabwe from 1995 to 1996. Studied for a second Masters Degree in Business Administration with the Zimbabwe Open University from 2001 to 2004. Graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Management from the Zimbabwe Open University in 2017.

Rejoice Madobi holds a Masters degree in Integrated Water Resources Management from the University of Dar es Salaam and is a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the Zimbabwe Open University. Her research currently focuses on climate change, rural livelihood systems and socio-ecological resilience.

Academic Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in English (University of Free State, 2022)

MA in English (University of Zimbabwe)

BA Honours in English (University of Zimbabwe)

Research Interests

Sarah Yeukai Matanga’s research interests include; literature that focuses on representing the crisis-induced movements in Zimbabwe, women related issues as well as their empowerment and  issues affecting ODeL learners.

Selected Publications

• Matanga, S.Y. & Mancuveni, M. 2022. Zimbabwean Mother and Mother Earth: An Anaylysis of Selected Shona Songs ’ In ES Gudhlanga, J Muganiwa, MW Dube (eds.). African Literature, Mother Earth and Religion, Wilmington, Delaware: Vernon Press, pp. 105-122. ISBN 1-64889-128-4
• Masaka, D and Mukungurutse Sarah Y, 2017, Confronting the Exclusive Dominance of Christianity in Zimbabwe’s Advanced Level Divinity Syllabus through Africanisation, Alternation Journal of Religion and Social Responsibility. Special Edition No.19, (ISSN 1023-1757).
• Nyenya T and Mukungurutse S.Y 2016. Wait for Time to Heal a severely Battered Image; Positing Perception Management in Higher and Tertiary Institutions in Zimbabwe. IJHSSE, Vol 3, issue 2, pp107-114. ISSSN 2349-0389.
• Mugari A and Mukungurutse S.Y 2015, An analysis of Language as a Catalyst to Sport Violence. A Case of Ten Secondary Schools in Marondera Urban, IJRHSS, Volume 2, Issues7, pp75-78, ISSN 2394-6288.
• Chiridza, P Chirambaguwa, W and Mukungurutse S.Y 2015, Zimbabwe’s Politics of Violence as Shown in Music from the Liberation Struggle to the PostIndependent State. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies,Volume 03 – Issue 04, (ISSN: 2321 – 2799).

Email Address: matangas@zou.ac.za    or sarahyeukai@gmail.com

Mobile: +263 774 047 172

Telephone: +263 06523 22267

Physical Address: Zimbabwe Open University, Faculty of Arts, Culture and Heritage Studies, Department of Languages and Literature, Mashonaland East Regional Campus, 21-5^th Street, Marondera,  Zimbabwe.

Mr. Milton Chifamba is a lecturer at the Zimbabwe Open University in the Faculty of Commerce and Law. He is the Mashonaland East Regional campus Programme coordinator in the Graduate School of Business responsible for the Master of Business Administration. He is a PhD candidate in Business Intelligence and a holder of an MSc. Economics (Ukraine), BSc. Economics (Ukraine), Further Education Teachers Diploma (HEXCO, Zimbabwe), Diploma International Economic Relations, (Ukraine), Diploma in Principles of Modern Management, (ICM-UK), Diploma in Translation, (Ukraine), Advanced Book-keeping and Accounting, (PITMAN-UK), Higher National Diploma in Pastoral Studies, (Harvest International Bible School Int.), Diploma in Ministries, (Living Waters Theological Seminary-Zimbabwe), Certificate in Internal Quality audit, (Zimbabwe Open University), Certificate in Examination, Setting and Marking,(NUST), Certificate In Diplomacy, Protocol, Etiquette & Professional Grooming, (Zimbabwe Institute of Diplomacy).

Research Interests: International Business; Economics, Banking, regulation, supervision and licensing; Financial management.

Business consultant: Business Plans writer up; Business advisory services; Cash-flow management; Inventory management; Business Training and development; Specialized course developer and trainer.

He can be contacted by email: gariechifamba@gmail.com or chifambam@zou.ac.zw and,

cell numbers: 263772273874 /263715643865

Mr Pompi holds an MSc. in Agronomy (Prague University of Agriculture -Czechoslovakia), a BSc. in Agriculture (Prague University of Agriculture-Czechoslovakia), a Certificate in Agriculture (Pilzen Agriculture College -Czechoslovakia)  Certificate in Module Writing (ZOU Zimbabwe)

Mr. Dzimano Paul Rumbidzai is a Programme Coordinator and Lecturer in the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Psychology Department, Mashonaland East Region.

He is a holder of the following qualifications:

MSc Community Psychology (MSU)

MSc Counselling (ZOU)

AABSc Special Honors Psychology (ZOU)

BSc Psychology (ZOU)

BSc Special Honors Psychology (ZOU)

Certificate in Computer Studies (HEXCO)

His research interests are in IT, Politics and Sports Psychology.

Chikumbu Happy is a lecturer in Consumer Buyer Behaviour, Brand Management, Business Statistics and Strategic Management among other courses in the Faculty of Commerce (ZOU Mashonaland East) Mr Chikumbu coordinates programs including Banking and Finance, Internal Auditing, Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor in Human Resources and Industrial Relations Management and Bachelor of Marketing Management. He holds an MSc in Strategic Management (CUT),  a degree in Business Admin Marketing (IMM SA), Diploma in Marketing Management (IMM SA), Cert / Diploma in Education (UZ), Cert in Module Writing (ZOU), Certificate in M&E (CDC). Mr Chikumbu has research interests in the fields of marketing and Strategic Management.

Lea Chinangwa is the chief secretary and regional director. She holds a Master of Science in Development Studies, Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies (ZOU) and Secretarial Studies

Her email addresses are: chinangwal@zou.ac.zw, chinangwalea@gmail.com. Her research interests are in Communication and Research

Vimbai Dzavo is the Regional Campus Secretary who holds a Bachelor of Science Honours in Development Studies, Diploma in Labour Relations, Diploma in Personnel Management, National Higher Diploma in Secretarial Studies and a Diploma in Technical and Vocational Education.

Linah Kudenga holds a BA Sp Hons. in Communication & Media Studies (ZOU), BA in English & Communication Studies (ZOU), Advanced Bookkeeping Diploma (Pitman, UK), ICSA Intermediate Diploma, Diploma in Marketing & Public Relations (LCCI), Diploma in Advertising & Public Relations (CPM, UK), Diploma in Public Relations (ZIPR)

Chiyangwa D. is the Regional Administrator. Joined the organisation in 2009.He holds an MBA from (ZOU) and a BSC Sociology Degree from UZ.

Matimba Petros T is an Administrative Assistant. Mash East Chivhu District. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Human Resources and Labour Relations Management and an Executive Diploma in Business Leadership.

Emmanuel Tarasa joined ZOU in 2010 as an Administration Officer and stationed at Murewa District Campus covering the four (4) northern districts of Mashonaland East, namely Mudzi, Mutoko, UMP and Murewa. He is a holder of the following qualifications; Master of Science degree in Peace leadership & Conflict Resolution (ZOU), Bachelor of Science degree in Counselling (ZOU), Certificate in Education (UZ) and Diploma in Biblical Studies and Church Leadership. He has research interests in the areas of Conflict Resolution and Career guidance. He has unpublished works in the areas of traditional peacebuilding approaches; career guidance; and man’s original purpose for existence.

Simbarashe Mukwada – Senior Library Assistant, Mash East

Cell No:  0773 915 058 / 0712 551 326

Office Phone: 652322267

Email: samukwada@gmail.com, mukwadas@zou.ac.zw

Qualifications:

1. B.Com. Marketing—ZOU
2. MBA-ZOU
3. HND Library & Information Science—Harare Polytechnic
4. ND Library & Information Science—Harare Polytechnic

Mr Innocent Kativhu holds a Master’s degree in Peace leadership and conflict resolution from the Zimbabwe open university as well as an honors degree in Psychology from Zou. He is currently studying towards a PGDE with Zou. He has interest in researching on educational and community psychology. He holds certificates in Advancing Mental Health Eliminating Stigma and Promoting Inclusion as well as WHO COVID-19 Mass Gatherings Risk Assessment Training. Mr Kativhu is a Driver/ Clerk at the Regional Campus.

Mr Zumbika Elias holds a Bachelor of Commerce Marketing from the Zimbabwe Open University. Mr Zumbika serves as a Stores Clerk since April 2004.