This is an application for condonation of the late noting of an appeal. It does not state the rule of this Court in terms of which it is made, a situation not helped by the failure in both the body of the application and the draft order sought, to advert to the need to extend the time within which to appeal. It is common cause that the time within which to appeal lapsed long back. More
The respondent is a company registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The appellant is a male adult who was formerly employed by the respondent as an international truck driver. On 3 August 2021, the appellant was arraigned before a Disciplinary Committee facing misconduct charges of gross negligence as defined in para 2.3.1 of the Employment Code of Conduct for the Transport Operating Industry (‘the Code ‘). The allegations were that between 3 May 2021 and 5 July 2021, while driving on duty, the appellant lost 528 litres of diesel due to gross negligent driving. The appellant failed to... More
1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Electoral Court sitting in Bulawayo dated 29 August 2019. The court granted a declaratory order sought by the first and second respondents (‘the respondents’)that the appellant’s election was in contravention of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] and as a result set aside the appellant’s election as councilorfor Ward 3 in Bulawayo More
This is an application for condonation for non-compliance with Rule 38 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2018 and extension of time within which to file and serve a notice of appeal. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgement of the Labour Court handed down on the 26 January 2018. At the end of the hearing in this matter we issued an order in these terms, and indicated that full reasons thereof would follow in due course: -
“1. The appeal is allowed with costs.
2. The judgement of the court a quo is set aside and substituted with the following: -
(i) The application for review be and is hereby granted with costs.
(ii) The decision of the respondent placing the applicant on retirement is set aside.
(iii) The applicant... More
