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Mujuru inquest: Security rapped

Lovemore Chikova and Innocent Ruwende
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru was alone in his car when he drove home the night he died in a fire at his Beatrice farmhouse in August last year, one of the police constables at the gate told the inquest yesterday.

But Const Obert Mark said there had been a jacket hanging over the backseat. 
In his evidence while being questioned by Vice President Joice Mujuru, Const Mark conceded security at the farm was inadequate.

He and Const Augustino Chinyoka spoke of delays in raising alarm and trying to seek help.
Const Mark and one of the other two constables on duty had

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‘Reverse increase in NSSA contributions’

Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
RECENT increases in NSSA contributions which will result in the insured salary limit going up five-fold should be reversed to ensure people’s earnings are not affected, the Government has been advised.

The rise in pension contribution rates from 3 percent to 4 percent of the insured portion of a salary, and the rise in the  insured limit from US$200 a month to US$1 000 a month will see maximum NSSA contributions rocket from US$12 a month to US$80 a month, the sums split equally between employees and employers but the self-employed paying the lot.
Most of those hit by the new payments are also beneficiaries

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Civil servants start mobilising for strike

Sydney Kawadza and Felex Share
CIVIL servants have started mobilising for a possible strike tomorrow as Government stepped up efforts to avert the industrial action.
The Apex Council leadership yesterday spent close to four hours waiting for Public Service Minister Lucia Matibenga to address them. 
She, however, did not turn up.
Minister Matibenga was attending an Inter-Ministerial Advisory Taskforce on civil servants.
The civil servants leadership, however, accused her of refusing to attend to them, saying they will proceed with the countrywide strike tomorrow.
Minister Matibenga could neither confirm nor deny the ministers’ meeting.
She also refused to entertain questions from the media.

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Zanu-PF members urged to shun divisions

Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF members in Mashonaland West province have been urged to shun divisions and concentrate on building the party ahead of general elections. Addressing over 80 party members at an inter-district meeting in Mhondoro yesterday, Mhondoro-Mubaira legislator Cde Sylvester Nguni, urged those vying for the province’s chairmanship post to accept the results, whether positive or negative and assist in strengthening the party.