Pedzisai Ruhanya

Pedzisai Ruhanya (born July 10, 1973) is a former News Editor for Zimbabwean independent newspaper Daily News. He is a former president of the Harare Polytechnic Students Representative Council serving with people including Secretary General Lance Guma, Vice President Alec Magama, Information and Publicity Secretary Sibanengi Dube. Ruhanya is the Programmes Manager for the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition.

Education Pedzisai Ruhanya holds multiple academic qualifications from institutions in Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He earned a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe. He later obtained a Master of Arts in Human Rights from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Ruhanya also completed a Ph.D. in Media and Democracy at the University of Westminster.

In addition to his academic degrees, Ruhanya was awarded a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in 2010, during which he studied international human rights law and the law of armed conflict at the University of Minnesota.