1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court of Zimbabwe (the court a quo) sitting at Harare dated 27 July 2022. After hearing submissions from the appellant and counsel for the respondent, the court dismissed the appeal with costs indicating that reasons for the order would be given in due course. These are the reasons. More
This is an appeal against the Appeals Committee of the National Employment Council for the Motor Industry.
Appellant was in Respondent’s employ as a foreman. He was brought before the Disciplinary Authority on two acts of misconduct namely –
- any act, conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his contract
- theft or fraud or commits a crime involving dishonesty. More
The applicant applies for bail pending appeal number CA 1109/15. The applicant was convicted of the offence of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act. [Chapter 9:23] by the regional magistrate sitting at Mutare on 17 December, 2015. The applicant was on account of the conviction sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Through his legal practitioners the applicant noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence on 31 December, 2015. The allegation against the applicant was that he was employed as the Deputy Headmaster at the school where the complainant, a 12 year old... More
The applicant and the first respondent entered into an agreement of sale in respect of a 4.2% undivided share, being share number E 8 and 90.15% undivided share being share number J 4 of a certain piece of land situate in the District of Salisbury called the Remaining Extent of stand 759 A Greystone Township (“the property”). This was sometime in July 2004. More
KABASA J: This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicants are facing a charge of robbery. The allegations are that on 8th June 2021 the applicants, in the company of 4 others, hired a motor vehicle to Esigodini from Bulawayo and proceeded to the complainant’s home.One Thabisa Ncube who was part of the gang of 6 was a former employee of the complainant and is the one who led his co-accused to the complainant’s house.The group was armed with axes, knives and what looked like a firearm. The complainant was attacked using an axe and a log resulting... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Managing Director. From the Managing Director the appellant appealed to the Chief Executive Officer who appointed the Human Resources officer to deal with the matter.
This court cannot deal with the decision of the Managing Director which has already been appealed against.
Furthermore when the appellant appealed to the Managing Director he was not challenging the verdict but the penalty. This penalty was confirmed by the Managing Director as well as the Human Resources Officer. The appellant cannot therefore approach this court challenging the verdict when he only challenged the penalty... More
The Appellant is appealing against the decision of the disciplinary committee. The brief facts of the matter are that the Appellant was charged for forging a National Certificate for purchasing and Supply Management which he submitted to the employer for filing and consideration. More
1. The applicant is a former employee of the respondent. His contract of employment was terminated in 2001 after which he obtained judgment by consent against the respondent at the Labour Court for unlawful dismissal. He was awarded damages in the sum of Z$26 076 252 on 27 May 2009 after quantification. The applicant seeks to register the judgment with this court in terms of s 92B (3) of the Labour Act, [Chapter 21: 08]. More
This matter was placed before me as an urgent application for leave to execute pending appeal. The background is as aptly captured in HH 424-21. In that matter, the court granted an interim order which for the sake of convenience is captured hereunder. More
The applicant in his capacity as the judicial manager of Rolldice Mining Services (Pvt) Ltd seeks the following provisional order against the respondents. More
Appellants were employed by the Respondent on fixed term contracts which were periodically renewed. The contracts were terminated and the Designated Agent referred the matter to arbitration. The Arbitrator ruled against the Appellants stating that they were not unlawfully dismissed as their contracts had expired due to effluxion of time. Appellants have approached this Court for relief. More
At the commencement of the hearing, the Parties agreed that the Court could proceed to determine the matter on the papers filed of record as they were of the view that the issues had been sufficiently ventilated in the filed documents. The Court proceeded to determine the matter on the basis of the filed documents. More
This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the magistrate sitting at Murambinda Magistrate Court handed down on 19 November 2012. Upon hearing arguments we dismissed the appeal on 14 May 2013. These are our reasons for the dismissal More
