The applicant filed an application in this court seeking relief which is stated in the draft order as follows:
The respondent’s termination of the applicant’s contract of employment effected on the 8th April 2005, and communicated to him by way of a letter dated 9th May be and is hereby set aside.
Prior to this dispute the applicant was employed by the respondent as a personal banker until the 8th April 2005 when his contract of employment was unilaterally terminated by the respondent. More
Afterthe preliminaries on 18 March 2013, the trial in this matter began in earnest on 8 April 2013. The defendant had the duty to begin. That had been the agreement at the pre-trial conference.
At the close of the defendant’s case the plaintiff applied for absolution from the instance. I reserved judgment. This is the judgment. More
This is the judgment in the interlocutory application by Efrolou [Private] Limited, Plaintiff in the case under reference number HC 1816/10, and First Defendant in the case under reference number HC 3285/10 [hereafter referred to as “Efrolou”] More
The plaintiffs’ story can be gleaned from their declaration. It is this:
In August 2009 the plaintiffs entered into a partnership agreement in terms of which the first plaintiff would import day old chicks from LA CHIX (PVT) LTD, a South African Company, to be sold locally by the second plaintiff. On 27 October, 2009 the first plaintiff made a telegraphic transfer of ZAR 128 350-00 from its account number 0622018874001 held with the defendant in favour of LA CHIX’s Standard Bank South Africa account number 200240684 for the purchase of day old chicks. On 28 October, 2009 ZAR 15... More
The appellant was arraigned before the Regional Magistrate at Bindura on a charge of rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He pleaded not guilty but was convicted after a trial. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment of which 31/2years imprisonment was suspended on condition of good behaviour. He now appeals against both conviction and sentence More
