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The applicant in this matter applied for review of the decision of the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee which was made on the 23rd of March 2009. When parties appeared before this Court the respondent raised points in limine i.e. (i) That the respondent filed its application well out of time i.e. about (3) three months after the hearing. (ii) He did not even file an application for condonation of the late application. (iii) Applicant did not exhaust the internal remedies provided in the Code of Conduct. More

This is an application for summary judgment whereby the applicant is seeking the payment of certain sums of money from the firth respondent only. More

This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court which decided against the appellant on several issues on which the parties had failed to reach agreement in an urgent chamber application. The part appealed against is fully set out at page 10 of this judgment. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgement of the Labour Court sitting at Harare and handed down on 19 May 2017. More

After perusing papers filed of record and hearing counsel in this matter we dismissed the appeal with costs and intimated that our reasons would follow in due course. More

On 29 June 2011 in HC 5213/11 I issued a provisional order in favour of Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd as the applicant, against Renaissance Financial Holdings Limited as the first respondent and Reggie Francis Saruchera (in his capacity as the Curator of Renaissance Merchant Bank Limited) as the second respondent More

This is an urgent application for interim relief by the applicant in terms of section 92 C of the Labour Act [Cap 28:01] as read with rule 34 of the Labour Court Rules S I 59/06. More


The applicant filed this urgent chamber application seeking a Provisional Order in the following terms as amended. TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT “1. In the event of the respondents failing to discharge all of their obligations towards the applicant, including the payment of all capital amounts due and owing to the applicant together with all interest accrued, by 30th October 2011, the first respondent’s shareholding in Africa First Renaissance Corporation Limited, be transferred to the applicant. 2. The respondents pays costs of this application at an attorney and client scale with the one paying the other to be absolved More

The applicant seeks a Provisional Order in the following terms as amended: “TERMS OF INTERIM RELIEF SOUGHT IT IS ORDERED: 1. That the first respondent’s share certificates in Africa First Renaissance Corporation Limited be deposited with the registrar, High Court, Harare pending the final determination of this application. 2. That the first respondent be and is hereby interdicted from transferring, disposing of or encumbering in any other way, their shareholding in Africa First Renaissance Corporation Limited pending the final determination of this application. 3. That the Respondents pay the costs of this application, the one paying the other to be... More

The brief history of this matter is that respondent is a former employee of Econet Wireless. He was dismissed from employment in 2004. Respondent challenged his dismissal in 2010. The arbitrator found that the respondent was unfairly dismissed because he was not dismissed in terms of a Code of Conduct. The arbitration also found that there was no fair hearing because the there was no proof that respondent was accorded representation and that he was given adequate time to prepare for the hearing. More

Plaintiff sued defendant for payment of the sum of $20 020.00 being an amount due and owing to plaintiff in respect of the cost of certain recharge cards sold to defendant in terms of a written agreement. More

The plaintiff issued summons against the first defendant for the payment of US$94 652.00 being balance due for airtime recharge cards advanced to the first defendant on credit. The plaintiff was also seeking an order declaring specially executable a certain piece of land situated in the district of Bulawayo being Stand No. 92 Fortunes Gate Township 6 Lot 12 EF Matsheumhlope measuring 4159 square meters held under deed of transfer number 2520/2004. This property belongs to the second defendant who is a director and shareholder of the first defendant. In 2011 he registered a mortgage bond as security for the... More

This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s internal appeals committee where it upheld the appellant’s dismissal following allegations of theft and conduct inconsistent with his duties in contravention s D4 and D5 of the respondent’s Code of Conduct. More

This matter came as an Urgent Chamber Application for stay of execution. The genesis of the matter can be traced back to an HC 2887/05 order granted by GUVAVA J (as she then was) and an HH 458/19 order granted by FOROMA J. The first applicant is a company, in this matter represented by its general manager by virtue of a resolution attached as Annexure “A”. The company develops and sells residential stands. The second applicant is a male adult associated with first applicant. First respondent is an association of residents of Knowe. Second respondent was a chairman of first... More