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The applicant seeks the following relief before this honourable court. TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms: a. The respondent and any persons acting on his behalf or for his interests are hereby prohibited from denying the applicant access to his mining claim located at sub-division 6, Ndiri South Mazoe within RA PJ 002 measuring 23 hectares in any manner whatsoever. b. Respondent is ordered to pay cost of suit. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 13 January 2021 under judgment No. HH 25-21. The court a quo dismissed the appellants’ claims in HC 7760/18 and HC 7843/18, which had been consolidated, upon finding that the appellants had no locus standi in judicio to seek the cancellation of two agreements of sale viz; one between Village Inn (Pvt) Ltd and Tatipano Properties (Pvt ) Ltd and the other between Folay Investments (Pvt)Ltd and Paradise Road (Pvt) Ltd. More

This is a chamber application for leave to appeal, condonation for late filing of the application for leave to appeal, and exemption from security for the respondents’ costs. More

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

This is an application for the upliftment of the bar by the 3rd respondent. The application was fiercely contested by the applicants. 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

This matter came before me in motion court as an application for default judgment in terms of Rule 58 of the High Court Rules 1971. More