The respondent was formerly employed by the appellant as a diesel electrician at the appellant’s Lochnivar Power Depot in Harare. On 31 March 2016, the respondent, joined 1357 of his fellow employees in a collective job action which had commenced on 29 March 2016. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court (the ‘court a quo’) in which it dismissed an application made by the appellant under HC2938/19 for the setting aside of an arbitral award. It, in the same proceedings, granted an application made under HC2554/19 by the first respondent for the recognition and registration of the same arbitral award. Both applications, heard by the court a quo, related to the same arbitral award that had been granted by the second respondent. More
This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the Administrative Court, handed down on 26 March 2018 allowing an appeal by the respondent against the decision of the appellant, with a punitive award of costs. In essence, the judgment upheld the respondent’s contention that he was entitled to a pension from 1 June 2009, the date following his retirement at the age of fifty-nine years and six months, contrary to the appellant’s contention that the respondent became entitled to the pension with effect from 1 December 2009, upon his attainment of the age sixty. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court (the court a quo) sitting at Bulawayo handed down on 31 May 2022 which ordered the appellant to pay to the first respondent the sum of ZWL 11 417 548.17 and to the second respondent the sum of ZWL 2 951 701.67. The court a quo ordered these amounts to be back dated increments on the salaries the respondents earned during the period 2002 to 2008, inclusive of interest at the rate of 5% per annum for 14 years. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court(the court a quo) sitting at Harare, dated 30 November 2021, setting aside para 84 A of the arbitral award given under the hands of arbitrators retired Justice A. M. Ibrahim, retired Justice M. H. Chinhengo and Advocate F. Girach on 1 March 2021. Under para 84 A of the award the arbitrators declared that the agreement of procurement entered into between the parties did not have the prior approval of the Procurement Regulation Authority of Zimbabwe (PRAZ) as required by s 15 (1) and (2) of the Public... More
