Phyllis Chikundura, the spokesperson for Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, confirmed there was an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
“We confirm there is such a report and there is such a probe,” she said.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mugabe reportedly got the PhD after months of study in 2014.<\/p>\n
State-run The Herald newspaper reported at the time that Mrs Mugabe’s dissertation was on the theme of “changing social structure (and) the functions of the family”.<\/p>\n
It reported she undertook research on Zimbabwean children’s homes.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mugabe was personally capped by her husband and then-president Robert Mugabe, who was also the chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
She was praised at the time by other government officials who defended the controversial degree award.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mugabe had hoped to replace her husband as leader, but antagonised a faction of the ruling Zanu-PF party which led to a fallout within the party.<\/p>\n
The military then stepped in and forced President Mugabe to end his 37 year rule of the southern African country and installing his former deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, as president.
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