adminEight 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.
Civil servants suspend strike
Chronicle Reporter
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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.
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