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On the 7th October 2005 Arbitrator Chavura issued an award reinstating Applicant without loss of pay and benefits. Respondent appealed to this Court and on the 31st May 2007 an order by consent was issued on the following terms- - that Respondent reinstates Applicant pending early retirement with full benefits, - that Applicant be on leave pending finalization of his packages/emoluments - that there be no order as to costs. More

This is an application by applicantfor condonation of late filing of an application for review of both Disciplinary Committee’s and Appeal Committee’s proceedings. The application was set down for hearing on the 18th November 2020 at 10.00 hours but could not take off at the allotted time due to requests for postponement by Mr. Sengwayothe applicant’s legal practitioner then. The matter was stood down to 14:30 hours to enable the legal practitioner to go through the record and prepare. At 14:30 hours, applicant, now self-acting as the legal practitioner had renounced agency sought another postponement which was opposed by respondents. More

This matter is both an appeal and an application for review against a decision of the Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) Appeals Committee handed down on the 18th of December 2012. More

The appellant appealed to this court seeking to have the convictions in respect of both counts quashed and the sentences set aside. In the event that this court upheld the convictions appellant sought to have the sentences imposed by the court a quo to be substituted by the imposition of nominal fines in respect of each count. More

This is an appeal against the decision of an arbitrator. The appellant was employed by the respondent as a manager at one of its branches. He was dismissed from the respondent’s employ following disciplinary proceedings for: “any serious act conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of his or her conduct.” More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Bulawayo handed down on 22 June 2017. The facts giving rise to the appeal are hotly contested. I proceed to give a brief summary of the facts of the case as gleaned from the pleadings, the record of proceedings and the judgment of the court a quo. More

MOYO J: At the hearing of this matter the 1st and 2nd respondents’ counsel raised points in limine the first of which was that applicants have no locus standi. The applicants are seeking an order for the rescission of the judgment of this court in HC 2291/08 wherein this court declared that the land being the subject matter of this dispute is not subject to any acquisition. Applicants are settlers on the said piece of land. The 1st and 2nd respondents raised points in limine the first of which was challenging the locus standi of the applicants More

On 14 October 2021 I removed this matter from the roll for urgent chamber applications because I considered it not urgent. I gave my reasons ex tempore in the presence of all parties. This court has been inundated by a glut of disputes arising fromvarious complex competing claims to stands situated atLot 12 Tynwald North owned by Mr & Mrs Sibindi. The Sibindis subdivided the property creating stands which they have sold to various persons. Unfortunately, there are numerous cases where the same stands have been sold many times over leaving claimants at each other’s throats while Mr Sibindi watches... More

This is an appeal against the dismissal penalty which was meted out on the appellant employee following allegations of misconduct. More

The plaintiff issued summons on 8 July 2015 against the defendant claiming a sum of $26 912.27 with interest thereon at the rate of 5% per annum and costs of suit. The plaintiff further prayed for an order declaring Stand 10763 Bulawayo Township of Bulawayo Township Lands, measuring 1041 square metres (“the property”) specially executable. More

The appellant appeals against the whole judgment handed down by the High Court (the court a quo) on 1 March 2023. The court a quo ordered the appellant to pay to the respondent the sum of US$74 332.58 together with interest thereon at the rate of 5 per centum per annum from 12 December 2013 to the date of payment in full and costs of suit. More

This was an application for leave to execute pending appeal. The background was this. In April 2011 the applicant sued a company called Wedzera Petroleum [Private] Limited, as the principal debtor, jointly with the respondent, as guarantor, for payment of an amount in the sum of $847 847-65, plus interest and costs. The claim arose out of petroleum products sold and delivered by the applicant to the principal debtor in 2010. More

This is an appeal against a decision by an arbitrator. The arbitrator awarded a 20% increase to A1 engineering employees in the Engineering Sector covered by the National Employment Council for the period 1 March 2011 to 28 February 2012. More

During his tenure as Deputy Head at Kuredza Primary School, appellant was charged with acts of misconduct in terms of Section 44 (2) as read with paragraphs1, 3, 13 and 24 of the Public Service Regulations 2000, Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000. The allegations were that:- (a) Appellant violated procurement procedures when he sourced quotations from unreputable services providers and negotiated with one of the service providers to lower prices that resulted in price trading. (b) He wilfully absented from work by going to attend NAAZ sporting activities from 3rdJuly, 2017 to 19th July 2017 attending regional competitions in Kenya... More

I have previously stated in Mutongwizo v The Master of the High Court N.O HH 573-18 the need for legal practitioners to comply with the rules of this court especially when the rights of minor children are at stake. This court is the upper guardian of minors by design so that there is assurance that whatever is done on behalf of minor children conforms to the best interests of the child standard. This is a standard that is recognised in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) that Zimbabwe signed and ratified on 11 September 1990. The standard... More