DUBE-BANDA J: After hearing argument in this matter I issued the following order: “That the application is dismissed.”At the time I gave brief reasons and indicated that I would provide detailed reasons at a later stage. What follows are the detailed reasons for the order More
In 2006, respondent registered a company called Secam Productions (Pvr) Ltd which specialized in video sales. The directors were the respondent, holding 70% of the shares, Nobuhle Mpofu with 20% shares and Sikhanyiso Dube with 10% shares. Respondent and 1st and 2nd applicants are former employees of a company called Zambezi Helicopter Company, a company providing helicopter rides in Victoria Falls. Respondent and 1st applicant entered into an agreement for mutual termination of employment with their employer, in which they were given an opportunity to run their own video business and were immediately to resign as employees of Zambezi Helicopter... More
On 24 July 2003 around 15.20 hours, an accident occurred between the plaintiff’s car, which at the time was being driven by his wife and the first defendant’s car, at the time being driven by first defendant herself. The accident occurred at the intersection of Natal and East Roads in Avondale. The first defendant was driving westwards along East Road while the plaintiff’s wife was driving due north along Natal Road. The intersection is controlled by a Give Way sign along East Road.
A police detail attended the scene of the accident and drew a sketch plan of the scene.... More
The applicant and the first respondent are engaged in a vicious scramble over the right to occupy the Remainder of Lot 19 of Umsungwe Block measuring 69. 5113 hectares situate in the district of Gweru in the Midlands province. While the description of that land varies, its identity is not in dispute.
The applicant claims the right to occupation on the basis of an offer letter issued to him by the acquiring authority on 10th of November 2006 and a permit issued to him by a Dairy officer on 6 May 2010. He now seeks the ejectment of the first... More
The applicant and the 1st respondent lived together in an unregistered customary law union. They agree that they had a tacit universal partnership which has broken down leading to their having to share the assets they had acquired during the universal partnership. They initially disputed over the sharing of their assets but eventually resolved the dispute by entering into a deed of settlement. The deed of settlement records the party’s agreement on the existence of the universal partnership. It provides for the custody and maintenance of their minor children and the distribution of their movable and immovable property. More
At the commencement of the appeal before this Court, Respondent raised two points inlimine.The points were that;
1. Appellants were barred for failure to file their Heads of Argument timeously; and
2. The matter was resjudicata. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award issued on 19 November 2010, in terms of which the retrenchment of the appellants was held to have been lawfully done. More
In the interests of justice the court invoked rule 26 and condoned the flouting of the time lines and consequently ordered that the matter be set down and be argued on the merits. Dissatisfied by this order the applicant employer has now applied to this court to grant it leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. The basis for the application is that the Labour Court erred to invoke rule 26 mero motu and to order that the matter now be heard on the merits. Its main argument is that there was no way both parties could have been said... More
On the 19th November 2021 this Court issued a judgment in terms of which it ordered respondent to reinstate applicant’s grade (after unlawful demotion) and pay damages arising from the demotion. The parties engaged each other but failed to settle the amount of damages payable. Then on 2nd September 2024 applicant filed the present application for quantification of the damages by this Court. Respondent opposed the application. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award. In terms of Section 98(10) of the Labour Act, [Chapter 28:01] appeals such as this one must be premised on a point of law. More
This is an application for the confirmation of a ruling by a Labour Officer in the mater between Taurai Mukaki and Med Farms. Med Farms is opposed to the grant of confirmation relief and Mukaki supports the grant of such. Two issues are contested that is the issue of jurisdiction and the issue of calculus of damages due to Mukaki. More
On 30 August 2005, the plaintiff issued summons against the defendants, praying for an order declaring them to be the lawful owners of certain immovable property in Glen Norah, Harare. The plaintiffs also sought an order declaring the cancellation by the third respondent of the cession of rights to them in the property by the estate of the late Jusa Chipira null and void. The summons was duly served on the defendants, neither of whom entered an appearance to defend the action. In due course, the requisite dies induciae having expired, the plaintiff filed an application for default judgment in... More
On 13 October 2018, the parties contracted their marriage in terms of the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. The marriage was blessed with two children, Kabelo Lenny Mashanda born on 21 July 2016 and Khanyiso Kelton Mashanda born on 25 November 2019. On 13 July 2020, the plaintiff issued summons for the dissolution of the marriage claiming a decree of divorce and a division of the matrimonial assets. In his declaration he stated that the parties were in the process of acquiring a 300m² residential stand through the City of Harare, that he had paid an initial deposit and made a... More
The hearing commenced with the applicant making an application for the uplifting of a bar. The applicant was barred for failure to file heads of argument in terms of the rules. The application for the upliftment of the bar was opposed. Accepting that the failure to file heads was due to a junior legal practitioner leaving the practice of the applicant’s legal practitioners without proper handover, I decided that it was in the interests of justice for me to grant the application. I granted the application with costs on a legal practitioners and client scale. More
