MSU deputy registrar Taguta dies

MIDLANDS State University (MSU) deputy registrar Mr Benjamin Musekiwa Taguta has died.

Mr Taguta (63), had been seconded to Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences as the Deputy Registrar - Academic Affairs.

MSU was tasked to help with the establishment of Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences.

Mr Taguta died on Tuesday while admitted at a Mutare hospital.

MSU director of information and public relations Mrs Mirirai Mawere in a Press statement yesterday said the university was mourning the untimely passing on of Mr Taguta.

“The Chairman of the Midlands State University Council, Engineer Caleb Makwiranzou, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Victor Muzvidziwa, the University Council, Senate, staff and students would like to express their heartfelt condolences to the Taguta family over the untimely passing of Mr Benjamin Musekiwa Taguta,” she said.

“It is with profound sorrow that we have learnt of the passing on of one of our long serving staff members. May his family and friends find solace in that their loss is deeply shared by the entire university community.”

Mrs Mawere said Mr Taguta would be remembered as a humble, hard-working, committed and strict disciplinarian who ensured compliance and adherence to university regulations.

“He will be sorely missed for his critical contribution to the growth and development of Midlands State University,” she said.

Mr Taguta, she said, was a well-respected administrator who joined MSU from the University of Zimbabwe in 2006 as the Director of Residence under the Division of Student Affairs, before rising to the position of Deputy Registrar Academic Affairs in 2008.

In 2013, Mr Taguta was transferred to Mutare to help steer the then newly established Manicaland College of Applied Sciences, now the Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences.

She said burial arrangements will be announced in due course.

Mr Taguta is survived by his wife and four children.