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At the onset of oral argument in this Court respondent raised 2 points in limine which applicant opposed. 1. That the application is in improper form 2.That the application is fatally defective for failure to comply with prescribed time limits More

This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s appeals officer who confirmed the dismissal of the appellant employee in a case where the employee had been charged with gross incompetency and inefficiency at work. Facts of the case are that the appellant who was in the respondent’s employ was charged with gross incompetency and inefficiency in a case where he was found to be absent from his workstation for a period of time. He had however engaged a procedure called “by pass” which was a situation where he had to redirect the flow of the waste at the... More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award which I am proceeding to determine on the record in terms of section 89 (2) (a)(i) of the Labour Act due to non-compliance with Practice Direction 1 of 2014. More

This is an appeal and review of the decision of the respondent employer’s appeals committee where it confirmed the appellant employee’s guilty verdict and dismissal penalty. Facts giving rise to the appeal are that the appellant who was in the respondent’s employment as an ICT technician based at Harare Airport had occasion on 30 January 2014 to pick up a Nokia Asha phone from gate 6 where its owner one Sandra Chamunorwa a student on attachment with the National Handling Services Department had forgotten it. Appellant did not surrender the phone immediately upon picking it up but took it to... More

A school girl in form 3 at a school headed by the appellant reported with the assistance of the school head and his wife that she had a love relationship with one of the teachers. More