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SOME of Lupane State University’s faculties and departments have been relocated to the main campus with effect from February 1. According to a notice, the relocated departments include the Vice Chancellor’s Office’s department of Physical Planning, Works and Estates, ICTS, Quality Assurance Directorate, Internal Audit Section, Marketing and Public Relations Office, Procurement Management Unit, Research…

THE Ziscosteel Pension Scheme has urged its members to regularise their documentation benefits as it is under liquidation. Zisco Pension Scheme called on members who exited between 2007 and 2016 to visit First Mutual Life to inspect the distribution schedule of benefits due to them. “Notice is given to all former members of Zisco Pension…

TWO soldiers, who allegedly led armed robbery gangs in incidences that occurred in Kuwadzana and Chitungwiza last week appeared in court yesterday. The soldiers, Emmanuel Tafirenyika Kambanje, 28, who is employed at 53 Infantry Battalion, Kwekwe and Rwatirera Zunde, 40, of Msasa Base Workshops appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko yesterday. Kambanje is being charged…

HARARE magistrate Yeukai Chigodora yesterday released on $1 000 bail two MDC activists who were apprehended during a demonstration last week. Makomborero Haruzivishe, 28, and Allan Moyo, 22, were ordered to continue residing at their current addresses, not interfere with witnesses and report twice a week at Harare Central Police Station as part of their…

RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday defended the licensing of more service stations with free funds to purchase and sell fuel in foreign currency, arguing that it will lessen the burden on the fiscus. Speaking before Parliament’s budget committee, Mangudya said the country will be able to save over US$200 million, which…

A MAZOWE miner has dragged Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to the High Court demanding over US$1 million, for losses incurred after his mine was reportedly taken over by the police between 2017 and 2019. Francis Mazarura, who claims to be the owner of Litalute Gold Mine said he and his workers were displaced from…

THE exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims should be overseen by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and not the State which is a conflicted party, activists and analysts have said. This comes after Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabiza told State media recently that President Emmerson Mnangagwa will superintend the implementation of resolutions…

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is pushing for stiffer penalties against people who leak examination papers that are costing the body millions of dollars in resets and at times rewriting of national examinations. Currently, convicted offenders get away with lenient sentences like community service. Zimsec director Lazarus Nembaware told a parliamentary portfolio committee on…

THE United Nations (UN) deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed has called for regional collaboration in ending armed and non-armed conflicts, saying they are an impediment to the achievement of sustainable economic development. Mohammed said this during the regional coordination mechanism dialogue session with African Union representatives at the 6th session of the Africa Regional Forum on…