This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe sitting at Harare, handed down on 25 July 2018. The part of the judgement appealed against is the one ordering the appellant to demolish the brick and mortar wall which it erected around a complex at Budiriro Township, Harare. More
On 5 April 2022 the registrar of this court drew my attention to the letter which Messrs Chimwamurombe Legal Practice wrote to him. The letter relates to this case, among others. The relevant part of the same is contained in its second paragraph. The paragraph which refers to the letter which the same firm of legal practitioners wrote to the registrar on 24 March 2022 reads, in the part, as follows:-
“in the above stated letter, we requested your offices to include the judgment of Justice Mangota under HC 11839/18 in the appeal record. On the 25 March 2022 your... More
On 15 March 2012 this court issued a Provisional Order whose terms were as follows:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:-
1. Why Respondents should not lease one Isuzu vehicle registration AAP 0463 to applicant forthwith as per written agreement.
2. Costs incurred in recovering the said vehicle shall be borne by Respondent.
3. The costs of this application to be borne by the Respondent. More
1. This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the Labour Court (“the court a quo”), sitting at Harare, wherein it dismissed the appellant’s appeal and upheld the decision of the respondent’s disciplinary authority dismissing the appellant from employment. More
This judgment only addresses the point in limine which was raised by the respondent employer. The point was to the effect that there is no respondent in the matter. This is so since applicant employee cited the respondent irregularly by mixing its name together with that of the holding company in the same pleadings. More
1.This is an appeal against the appellant’s dismissal from the respondent’s employ.
2. The appellant was employed by the respondent company as its Deputy General Manager. He
was answerable to the General Manager. The pertinent portion of the contract of employment
(P 40) between him and the respondent with respect to his duties provides as follows;
“1. Duties and Responsibilities.
Reporting to the General Manager you will be responsible for the general supervision and management services, plant operation and maintenance. Substantive responsibilities will encompass the following:
(i) – xvii
xviii Any other duties and responsibilities that may be allocated to... More
On 30 June 2005 the third respondent registered, under Deed of Transfer Number 5859 2005, an undeveloped stand, being a certain piece of land situate in the District of Salisbury known as stand number 518 GoodHope Township of Lot 6 of GoodHope (the property), in the name of the applicant. More
On the 1st of August 2022 plaintiff issued summons against the defendants in which he was claiming:
a) Cancellation of a deed of transfer made in favour of first and second defendants in respect of an immovable property known as a certain piece of land situate in the district of Charter, called the remainder of Swindon, measuring 746, 7170 hectares (The Property) held under deed of transfer 8373/2002.
b) Costs of suit on an attorney client scale against 1st defendant More
The plaintiff instituted action for divorce and ancillary relief. The parties married under customary law in 1991. The marriage was later solemnized under the Marriages Act in 1997. There are parties two minor children one of whom is now a major. More
The appeal was referred to me for determination on the record in terms of Section 89 (2)(a)(i) of the Labour Act [Cap 28 : 01]. The appeal was filed in 2014 but has been lying idle due to a failure on Appellant’s part to settle sheriff’s costs for services of Notice of Set-Down. Through a directive issued on 3rd October, 2016 the Senior Judge directed the referral of all such matters for determination on the record. I proceed to determine the matter. More
The appellant, a private in the Zimbabwe National Army was convicted, on his own plea of guilty, of culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23]. He was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment of which 2 years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour. He appeals against that sentence. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) sitting at Harare, handed down on 24 November 2021, dismissing the appellant’s application to set aside the arbitral award delivered by the third respondent on 8 October 2018 in favour of the second respondent, on the grounds that the said award offends the public policy of Zimbabwe. More
The appellant is appealing against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) delivered on 14 March 2018 under judgment number HH – 141/18 as read with HH - 421 - 20. The order appealed against is couched in the following terms:
“Accordingly I order as follows:
1. Judgment be and is hereby entered for the plaintiff in the sum of US$200 000.00 together with interest thereon at the prescribed rate being 5% with effect from 15 December 2015 to date of payment.
2. Defendant is ordered to pay costs of suit.” More
On 5 October 2021, the applicant filed an application for condonation of the late noting of an appeal under case number SC 362/21. The application was served on the second and third respondents on that date and on the fourth respondent on 7 October 2021. It is common cause that the certificates of service were only filed on 12 October 2021.
Despite the filing of the proof of service on 12 October 2021, by a letter date-stamped 21 October 2021, the Registrar notified the applicant that in terms of r 39 (2) of the Rules, the application under SC 362/21... More
