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On the 25th August 2021 at Harare the Designated Agent for the NEC Medical and Allied Industry issued a determination. He ordered Appellant to reinstate Respondent or pay her an agreed retrenchment package in lieu of reinstatement. Appellant then appealed to this Court against the determination. Respondent opposed the appeal. More

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrate Court for the Province of Mashonaland sitting at Harare handed down on 14 March, 2022 The plaintiff (respondent herein) instituted summons against the defendant (appellant herein) seeking payment of ZW$ 1000 000.00 (one million dollars) for medical expenses and damages for pain and suffering caused to her by the defendant’s wrong medication. She also sought interest thereon at the prescribed rate from the date of issuance of summons to the date of payment as well as costs on a legal practitioner and client scale. More

Respondent was employed by Appellant as its Managing Director for the Health Care Division. As a result of certain allegations against him, Respondent was arraigned before Disciplinary Committee which acquitted him. The two parties have been embroiled in litigation culminating in a hearing before the Arbitrator the subject of this appeal. More

In this application the applicant is seeking relief to the effect that- 1. “The Sheriff for Zimbabwe shall appoint an independent valuer from his panel who shall value improvements effected on stand no. 3378, also known as no. 55, 5th avenue, Mbare, Harare and the applicant’s salvage lien per annexure “A” hereto. 2. The independent valuer shall submit his valuation report to all parties to this matter. 3. Applicant’s claim shall proceed in terms of the independent valuer’s report. 4. First respondent shall pay the costs of this application on an attorney-client scale.” More

These 4 appeals were consolidated into one by consent of the parties at a case Management Meeting on 11 July 2023. The consolidation included another appeal under EC 06/23 which was later withdrawn before hearing. Although the 4 matters are consolidated into one, EC11/23 and EC16/23 are appeals concerning individuals who presented themselves for nomination as Rural District Council candidates for Gwanda and Bubi respectively. On the other hand, EC14/23 and EC15/23 involve appeals concerning Provincial Council Party List candidates for Matebeleland South and Matebeleland North respectively. More

This is an urgent chamber application filed, in the main, by a political party operating under the name the Citizens Coalition for Change (‘CCC’) for an interdict prohibiting the first and second respondents from disbursing funds to the third respondent in terms of the Political Parties (Finance) Act [Chapter 2:11] (‘the Act’). More

: This matter came by way of an urgent court application. The relief sought is formulated as follows:- “1. The application be and is hereby granted. 2. The removal of third and fifth applicants from their membership of the SROC in their ex officio and Opposition Chief Whip in the National Assembly by the first and second respondent be and is hereby declared unlawful and ultra vires the Constitution of Zimbabwe. 3. The appointment of Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa as first applicants overall Chief Whip, a position which does not exist under s 151(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe be and is... More

The President of Zimbabwe promulgated 23 August 2023 as the date for harmonized elections. As part of the Proclamation 21 June 2023 was fixed for the sitting of the nomination court across the country for the purpose of the submission of nomination papers for different elective public offices. The applicant contends that the nomination officer received its nomination papers for party-list candidates just before cut-off time i.e., 4 p.m. The nomination papers were received through a police officer who collected such papers on behalf of the nomination officer. The nomination officer after examining the papers found that they were defective... More

The applicant, Citizens for Coalition Change, a political party (“the party”) claims that it was in peaceful and undisturbed possession or occupation of its offices which are situated at Stand 41, Fort Street, Between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, in Bulawayo (“the property”). Its statement is that on or about 30 January, 2024 the respondent, one Nelson Chamisa (“Chamisa”) forcibly took control, occupation and possession of its property. He did so, it insists, through his agents, assignees, proxies and/or employees (“his alleged team”). These, it avers, proceeded to paint the property and its precast wall in blue and black colours. They,... More

This is an urgent application for an interdict directed principally at the first respondent with the rest of the respondents being cited as interested parties who may in law be required to perform consequential acts to give effect to the conduct of the first respondent. More

After hearing counsel, in the matter, we dismissed the appeal with costs and indicated that reasons would follow in due course. Below are the reasons for judgment. More

This is an application for reinstatement of an appeal in terms of r 34 (5) of the Supreme Court Rules 1964. The brief facts giving rise to the application are that the applicant employed the respondent as its clerical officer. More

This is a dispute arising from the taxation of the appellant’s bill of costs. By judgment of this Court delivered on 27 September 2018 in City of Gweru v Masinire SC 56/18, in an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court which nullified the dismissal of the respondent from employment as Chamber Secretary of the appellant municipality, the court allowed the appeal with costs. More

On 26 May 2022, after hearing arguments in an application brought by the four respondents against the appellant, the High Court (“the court a quo”) delivered an ex tempore judgement, to wit: “1. The respondent is hereby ordered to advise the applicants in writing the actual intrinsic values in respect of Stands Nos.1051, 1045, 1044 and 1052 Mount Pleasant Township Harare within 7 days of this order. 2. Should the respondent not comply with this order within the period aforementioned, the provisional intrinsic values already paid by the applicants shall be deemed to be the full and final payments in... More

The appellant is the registered owner of certain immovable property known as Stand 414 Midlands Township 5 of Uplands of Subdivision A of Waterfalls. This appeal is centered on the attachment in execution of the property at the instance of the first respondent in order to settle a debt due and owing to him by an entity known as Rufaro Marketing (Pvt) Ltd. More