On the 29th December 2023, applicant filed an application in this Court for the review of his dismissal by respondents. The 2nd respondent opposed the application. On the 12th January 2024 the Court dismissed applicant’s points in limine. Whilst the review is still pending, on 9th May 2024 applicant applied for the referral of the matter to the Constitutional Court. Again 1st respondent opposed the application. More
Appellant worked for Respondent as an Acting Plant Operator. He was dismissed from employment for misconduct. He appealed to the employer’s appeals authority which turned down his appeal. He then appealed to this Court in terms of section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. His grounds of appeal were initially three-fold. More
The facts of the case can be summarised as follows;
[3] The appellant and the respondent were on 10 December 2010 married in terms of the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11]. The union was blessed with two daughters born on 17 April 2009 and 21 January 2012.
[4] The respondent issued summons for divorce and ancillary relief claiming that the marriage had irretrievably broken down and that they had lost love and affection for each other. The appellant did not oppose the granting of divorce. More
On 5 August 2020 Plaintiff issued summons against Defendant claiming.
1. Payment of the sum of US$50 000-00 (fifty thousand United States dollars) being money paid to the Defendant to design, author and deliver to specification, a customized on line store program which defendant failed to deliver. More
In this opposed matter applicant seeks the cancellation of a memorandum of lease No. 2023 Hippo Valley Estates, Farm 54, Chiredzi Ref. LF/1978.
The background to the matter is as follows:
The applicant has an offer letter with respect to S/D 16 of Farm 54, Lot 3 of Buffalo Range, Chiredzi District. On the other hand first respondent holds the lease referred to earlier which lease was between the first respondent and the second respondent.
The said lease relates to a pack shed situated at Farm 54 Hippo Valley more fully described as Lot 3 of Buffalo Range. The lease... More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 16 July 2013, in terms of which the appellants’ claim that they were unlawfully dismissed and that they were owed terminal benefits was dismissed More
On the 10th of January 2019, firstrespondent obtained a decree of divorce after obtaining applicant’s consent as evidenced by a consent paper filed of record. Custody of a minor child, SorynNashePazvakavambwa (born on the 4th of November, 2012) was granted to the applicant with first respondent exercising reasonable access More
The parties to this suit are duly registered private companies. At the relevant time, the defendant, Engen Petroleum Zimbabwe (Private) Limited, was one of about six or so “Engen” companies registered or domiciled here and/or abroad. The others were Engen Oil Zimbabwe (Private) Limited; Engen Holdings Zimbabwe (Private) Limited; Engen Petroleum South Africa and Engen Off Shore Holdings (Mauritius) Limited. The reason for this detail shall soon emerge. More
The appellant’s main ground of appeal is that the respondent was not entitled to salary arrears in the sum of $2 966-40. This was salaries for nine months. The background to this amount is that the respondent was dismissed on 12 January 2012. After her dismissal the matter was referred for conciliation and subsequently the parties appeared before an arbitrator. The arbitrator having made a finding that the respondent was properly dismissed made an order in the following terms:
(i) That the dismissal of the employee be and is hereby confirmed.
(ii) That the employee be paid salary arrears from... More
UCHENA JA: This is an appeal against the wholejudgment of the Labour Court dated 22 March 2019setting aside an arbitral award which had been granted in favour of the appellant. More
This is an appeal against a decision of the National Employment Council for the Clothing Industry Appeals Board’s decision to uphold the Grievance and Disciplinary Committee’s decision to dismiss the Appellant. More
This is a constitutional application. The applicants want s 4 and s 6(1)(b) of the Communal Land Act [Chapter 20:04] declared ultra vires the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The draft order does not identify which particular sections of the Constitution the impugned provisions allegedly conflict with. But according to the founding affidavit, the impugned provisions are an infringement of the applicants’ right to life; their right to human dignity; their right to property; their right to equal protection and benefit of the law; and their right to culture and language, allegedly as protected by s 48; s 51; s 72; s... More
This is an urgent chamber application in which the following order is sought:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to thus Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:
1. The first respondent be and is hereby barred from exercising the functions of Corporate Rescue Practitioner for MCA Venture Capital (Pvt) Ltd (under corporate rescue).
2. The first respondent shall pay the costs of this application on the scale of legal practitioner and client in his personal capacity. More
This is an application for leave for direct access to the Court brought in terms of s 167(5)(a) of the Constitution as read with r 21 of the Rules of the Constitutional Court 2016. The applicants are a group of persons residing on a piece of land over which the second respondent claims ownership. They intend to approach the Court under s 24 of the Constitutional Court Act, 2021 for the rescission of a judgment of the Court issued under CCZ 43/15. More
After hearing argument on the preliminary point whether the applicants required leave of the court to bring their application, the court ruled that leave was necessary. Having been filed without leave, the matter brought by the applicants was struck off the roll with no order as to costs with the court indicating that its reasons would follow in due course. More
