This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Special Court for Income Tax Appeals handed down on 14 August 2020, dismissing the appellants’ appeal against the respondent’s Commissioner’s dismissal of its objection in respect of its failure to deduct Pay As You Earn (PAYE) in respect of meals and accommodation the appellant provided to its employees and penalties the respondent’s Commissioner had imposed against the appellant. At the hearing of the appeal the appellant abandoned its grounds of appeal in respect of penalties. The appeal was therefore argued on whether or not the accommodation and meals the... More
BHUNU JA: Before us is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court upholding the Respondent’s application for a declaration of validity of the parties’ contract of service coupled with an order for specific performance.
It is common knowledge that this country is facing a critical shortage of electricity, a vital necessity for the socio-economic wellbeing of the citizenry and the nation at large. The two parties whoturned contractual protagonists were entrusted with improving the availability of this scarce resource in Gwanda. They havehowever been embroiled in perpetual contractual disputes for the past five or so years without... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgement of the High Court (the court a quo) sitting at Harare, dated 11 January 2023, wherein it declared that the procurement contract entered into between the appellant and the respondent was valid and binding between them. The court a quo proceeded, consequently, to grant an order of specific performance of the contract. It also dismissed the appellant’s counter claim and ordered that the appellant pays the respondent’s costs in the claim in reconvention. More
After hearing counsel in this appeal we allowed the appeal and issued an order in the following terms:
“1) The appeal be and is hereby allowed with costs.
2) The decision of the Labour Court is set aside and is substituted with the following:
“The appeal is dismissed with costs.”
3) Full reasons for the order will follow in due course.” More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court wherein the court a quo allowed the respondents’ appeal against their conviction for gross negligence in violation of Category D9 of the appellant’s Code of Conduct.
After hearing arguments from both parties we gave the following order:
“1. The appeal be and is hereby allowed in part with costs.
2. The judgment of the court a quo allowing the appeal filed by the respondents in respect of the conviction for gross negligence in breach of Category D9 of the appellant’s Code of Conduct and reinstating the respondents in their... More
