On 13 July 2020, the applicant filed an urgent chamber application seeking a provisional order couched 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. That the letter of 9 July 2020 drafted by the 2nd respondent purportedly for and on behalf of the 6th respondent addressed to the applicant be and is hereby declared null and void.
2. Any respondent who opposes this application be ordered to pay costs, the one paying the others to be absolved.
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED... More
The applicant was employed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the sixth respondent. The sixth respondent is Net One Cellular (Pvt) Ltd a licensed provider of mobile and related telecommunications services in Zimbabwe. The first to fifth respondent are its directors. More
The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as a Senior School Teacher. On the 2nd of March, 2009 he was suspended on allegations of having an act of misconduct viz paragraph 4 “Improper threatening and discourteous behavior including sexual harassment during course of duty.” The allegations were that he had requested a Sandra Maranike, a Form 6 student at the school to carry commerce exercise books and accompany him to his house. When they got to the house he allegedly detained Sandra by locking the dining room door and pocketing the keys. He had then dragged Sandra into his bedroom,... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the designated agent who found that appellant was guilty of habitual neglect of his duties and penalised him with dismissal.
Facts of the matter are that appellant was accused of habitual neglect of duty where it was said that he was in the habit of taking sick time off and upon expiration of the sick leave he would not come back to work thus prejudicing the operations of the respondent where the appellant’s duties involved team work with a colleague who would end up working alone in appellant’s absence to the detriment... More
Appellant worked for Respondent as an Administration Assistant based in Harare. On 25th October 2005 he was charged with misconduct. A hearing was held. He was found guilty and penalised with dismissal. He appealed against the outcome. Respondent’s Appeals Committee dismissed the appeal. He then appealed to this Court against the decision of the Appeals Committee. More
This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is facing murder and robbery charges as defined in sections 47 and 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap: 9.2.3.]. Applicant was implicated by one of his co-accused as being part of the group which assaulted complainants with iron bars, machetes, catapults and empty beer bottles. One MurisaChindundu died as a result of the assault. Applicant and his co-accused stole a nokia phone from the deceased. They also stole cellphones, cash amounting to $33 and 100 kg of gold ore amongst other items from deceased’s colleagues. The applicant... More
The allegations against respondent were that on 6 September 2013 whilst respondent and her co-custodian, one Precious Chataika were preparing deposits from CCD, they had discovered an excess withdrawal of USD10 000 from the vault. This amount subsequently disappeared causing loss to the bank. Respondent was alleged to have failed to comply with standing instructions in that,
- She withdrew cash from the vault in an unlocked and unsealed container.
- She did not pack, lock and seal the cash withdrawn from cash vault whilst in a secure and safe place that is in the cash vault.
- She did... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Administrative Court (‘the court a quo’) dated 25 September 2020 in which the court granted an application sought by the first to fifth respondents (‘the respondents’) for condonation of late noting of appeal and extension of time to note an appeal against a decision to issue a permit to the appellants. More
The brief history of this matter is that the Appellant was employed by the Respondent was voluntarily retrenched. She signed for the package in 2010. On the 8th of November 2012 she then raised a complaint with the Provincial Labour Officer stating that the Respondent owed her some money as there were several discrepancies’ in the retrenchment payments. The matter was referred for arbitration to Honourable C.H. Mucheche who handed down the following award on the 21st of February 2013. More
GOWORA JA:The parties herein are engaged in various wrangles in the Magistrates Court and the High Court. The wrangles have seen the parties file complaints of alleged criminal activities against each other. More
This is an appeal against an arbitration award. The terms of reference to the Arbitrator were whether:-
- the Appellant’s dismissal was unlawful
and
- the employer calculated the leave days wrongly
After considering Section 12 B(3)(b) of the Labour Act (CAP 28:01) and the parties contract of employment, the Arbitrator made the conclusion that Appellant’s claim was without merit. The findings were that:-
(i) the Appellant’s contract of employment clearly spelt out that at the end of the contract no expectation of re-engagement was to be made.
(ii) the Appellant did not state exactly who was engaged in his... More
The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming damages in the sum of $900 679 549.87 arising from a horse riding accident on the 5th of November 2000.
The plaintiff sustained serious injuries of the head and torso. She is now confined to a wheel chair. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates Court dated 3
October 2016. The appellant was charged with contravening section 3 (1) of the Gold Trade Act
[Chapter 21:03] for unlawful possession of 100.68 grams of gold valued at US $3 724.00
without a licence or permit. The appellant pleaded guilty and was subsequently convicted and
sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. The 100.68g of gold was forfeited to the State. More
This is an urgent chamber application. The applicant seeks a provisional order for a stay of the criminal trial against him in the magistrate’s court pending the determination of his application for review which is pending in this court. More
Initially applicant instituted these proceedings against two respondents namely CABS as first respondent and the Operations Manager CABS as second respondent. It then withdrew proceedings against second respondent and tendered wasted costs. This judgment therefore is in respect of the applicant and the respondent CABS. More
