The applicants have had a long running legal battle with the 4th respondent (Air Zimbabwe Holdings) and Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary company of Air Zimbabwe Holdings. The legal dispute between the parties has its genesis steeped in matters of employment. It is claimed that Air Zimbabwe Holdings and Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd owe the applicants and their members (who are employees of the former) approximately US$35 415 731,80 representing union dues and salary arrears for the period January, 2009 to December 2011. The applicants believe that the financial woes bedevilling Air Zimbabwe Holdings and Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd... More
On the last day of hearing of this application, I delivered an interim order pending the determination of the present application to the effect that:
“That pending the handing down of the judgment under this urgent chamber application, the 1st and 3rd Respondents are hereby directed to stay execution of judgment under HC 5790/22 against the applicant.” More
The application is for a declaratory order to declare that an arbitral award handed down by the arbitrator, the first respondent, on 9 November, 2012, is incompetent, void and therefore unenforceable. More
The respondent is a former employee of the applicant. His contract of employment was terminated. The papers filed in this matter show that the Labour Court dismissed his appeal and upheld the termination of the contract of employment. The respondent according to the papers in this matter, has instituted proceedings for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court. More
