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Great Zimbabwe University is set to reopen the Herbert Chitepo School of Law next month after it was closed a few years ago, an official has said.
Addressing guests at a handover ceremony of books to the university by the Law Society of Zimbabwe in Harare on Wednesday, Great Zimbabwe University council chairman Mr Simplicio Chihambakwe said the High Court would have its circuit sessions at the university.
“We have built an impressive building in the town of Masvingo which we started working on last year. What is left now is to set a date for the official opening of the school which will definitely be in October”, he said.
Lectures would have started by that time.” Mr Chihambakwe said the school would be used by the High Court and also as a conference centre.
“We also have made a provision for the High Court to sit there when it is on circuit because we have provided a High Court set up. There is also a big place for holding some conferences.”
The Dean of Herbert Chitepo Law School Mr Victor Nkiwane, said they were advocating gender equity and each intake would be made up of eight females and eight males.
“We are currently receiving applications and we will soon hold interviews with those we would have selected. We are also expecting to get a police clearance for each student who will be allocated a place at the school,” he said
The president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe Mr Lloyd Mhishi, said they would give the university maximum support.
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