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• January 25, 2012
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Fire that burnt Mujuru’s body was bluish: Police

Harare Bureau

POLICEMEN from Beatrice Police Station yesterday said the fire that incinerated the body of General Solomon Mujuru was bluish in colour and different from the ordinary flames that were in other parts of the house.

Inspector Simon Dube and Constable Clatwell Garisayi made the revelations at the resumption of the inquest into the death of the late Gen Mujuru at the Harare Magistrate Courts. Const Garisayi, who was the 23rd witness, said on the day in question Gen Mujuru’s maid Rosemary Short phoned him to tell him that the farm house was on fire. “The caller identified herself as Rosemary Short and I asked her if they had managed to locate the General and she said they had only managed to see his vehicle that was parked near the house.

“She said doors were locked up and further explained that the General had come to her house to collect some keys,” he said. Const Garisayi said he sent his subordinate to make a report to the duty officer who arrived with the officer in charge minutes later. The Officer-in-Charge, Inspector Dube, he said, made a call to Tavistock Farm’s owner requesting for a vehicle to ferry them to Gen Mujuru’s Ruzambo Farm.

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Eight city magistrates to be transferred

Court Reporter

THE Judicial Services Commission will with effect from  1 April this year transfer a number of magistrates to   stations scattered throughout the country, with eight leaving Bulawayo.
According to a circular dated 18 January 2012, from the acting chief magistrate Mr Mishrod Guvamombe, the Bulawayo magistrates’ courts will be the most affected with eight magistrates, three of them seniors, set to be transferred to other stations.

According to the circular, some magistrates will come to Bulawayo and other stations to replace those transferred.

From the Bulawayo magistrates’ courts seven magistrates have been transferred while two are from Hwange magistrates’ courts and one apiece from Nkayi and Western Commonage magistrates’ courts.

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Civil servants suspend strike

Chronicle Reporter

CIVIL servants yesterday temporarily called off the strike to give chance to today’s National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting on salaries in Harare.

The NJNC brings together Government and workers representatives to the negotiating table.

The civil servants went on a five-day strike starting on Monday pressing for a salary increase of up to $538 from $253 given to the least paid worker.

In a statement signed by its member bodies yesterday, the Apex Council, which is the civil servants umbrella union, said it had decided to halt the five-day strike after receiving an invitation for negotiations with the Government.