The court is satisfied that this application has no merit for the following reasons:
1) The court correctly found that there was no lawful instruction and clearly articulated its reasons for stating so, thus a superior court is not likely to interfere with that finding.
2) The issue of clarity of charges was also adequately explained in the judgment.
3) Deliberation of what the correct charge should have been way after the employee had pleaded to the charge is indeed an abuse of disciplinary powers and the judgment explains in detail why the court formulated that opinion.
4) As the... More
This matter was set down as an appeal against the decision of the National Employment Council for the commercial sectors hereinafter referred to as the NECCS. Appellant had been found guilty of inciting fellow employees to be violent against the employer at a time when they were being given their salaries. The dismissal decision was arrived at in his default. He was aggrieved by the dismissal and appealed to the Local Joint Committee (LJC). More
This matter has a chequered history. It clearly depicts the fact that the wheels of justice move at a painfully slow speed. It has been pending since 2003. The matter has been afflicted by various applications, correspondence flying between the appellant’s legal practitioners and the 1st respondent with some of the correspondence exhibiting the use of intemperate language. Allegations of insincerity have been made by the 1st respondent against appellant’s legal practitioners. Letters were addressed to the Senior Judge of this court so that the learned judge could wade in and give some direction in the matter. Court applications have... More
This is an appeal against a decision by the Appeals Officer of the respondent to upheld the determination and penalty imposed by the Disciplinary Authority. Appellant was employed the respondent as a Divisional Accountant based at the Southern Division at the Bulawayo depot. On 15 February 2016 appellant was suspended from duty on allegations of committing serious acts of misconduct. Disciplinary proceedings were held and appellant was found guilty. He was dismissed from employment on 9 March 2016. Appellant appealed to the Appeals Officer. He was successful on one ground. The rest of the grounds did not succeed and the... More
The applicant was employed as the Southern Division Accountant by respondent. On 15 February 2016 he was suspended from duty in terms of the National Code of Conduct, Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006. He was charged of gross incompetency or inefficiency in the performance of his work and habitual and substantial neglect of duties.
Following disciplinary proceedings held on 29 February 2016, the applicant was found guilty as charged and was dismissed from employment. More
