This is an appeal against the decision of the Hearing Officer who found Appellant guilty of misconduct culminating in his dismissal from employment. More
This is an application wherein the applicant seeks a declaration of constitutional invalidity of the laws relating to land acquisition and the ones that put the state in a privileged position in the buying and selling of rural land in Zimbabwe. The applicant says he has locus standi as a citizen of Zimbabwe and as a potential land owner and purchaser he has property rights to protect and that he seeks an order declaring the unnecessary and unconstitutional impediments to acquisition of rural land invalid. More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award handed down on 15 July 2012, in terms of which the appellant’s dismissal for various acts of misconduct was upheld.
The factual background to the matter can be summarised as follows.
The appellant was employed by the respondent as Operations Manager. In the papers on record, his position is variously described as General Manager, General Manager of Operations and Operations Manager. Whatever the precise designation is, the record shows that he was head of the respondent’s operations in Zimbabwe. The respondent is headquartered in South Africa, and also carries on business in... More
This matter was remitted from the Supreme Court with the following order attached-
“IT IS ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT
1. The appeal be and is hereby allowed with each party bearing its own costs.
2. The judgment of the court a quo is set aside.
3. The matter is remitted to the court a quo to be heard by a different judge, and which court shall determine the validity of the Certificate of Heirship reference WE4/158/96 issued in favour of the 1st respondent.”
The sole issue for determination in this matter is the validity of the Certificate of Heirship reference... More
The appellants were convicted by a Regional Magistrate at Harare
of one count each of contravening s3 of the Prevention of Corruption Act [Chapter 9:16].
They were sentenced each to 40 months imprisonment with 10 months suspended for 3
years on conditions of good behaviour. Immediately after sentence, the appellants
indicated to the trial court that they intended to note an appeal against both conviction
and sentence. This they have since done. An application for bail pending appeal was then
made on behalf of both before the trial magistrate. It was dismissed. The proceedings
before me are an appeal against... More
The Appellant was employed by the Respondent in 2005 as an International Bus Driver. He was dismissed from employment with effect from 17th of April, 2012 following his conviction on a charge of violating Sections 1.1 and 2.3 (GrossNegligence) of the relevant Code Statutory Instrument 94 of 1995. The allegations were that on the 2nd of March, 2012 the Appellant was involved in an accident whilst operating one of Respondent’s buses. The Appellant appealed to the Managing Director whichappeal was dismissed. Aggrieved the Appellant has noted his appeal against that decision with the Labour Court. More
This is a bail application ruling. The applicant faces a charge of car theft.The allegations are that on 12 February 2011, complainant gave the applicant her car keys in order that the applicant could park the vehicle safely. The applicant drove the vehicle away and the vehicle has not been recovered. Complainant immediately made a report to the police and the matter is reported under CR 917/02/11 at Harare Central. The applicant applies for bail pending trial. The State opposes bail on the grounds that:-
(a) Applicant is likely to abscond and not stand trial.
(b) That he is likely... More
In this application the applicant sought an order declaring as valid an agreement of sale of an immovable property, namely Stand No. 4645- 139th Street, Warren Park D, Harare, he entered into as executor with Richard Kaitano. He also sought that 3rd respondent be ordered to register the said property into the name of the said Richard Kaitano upon all other conditions being fulfilled. More
This is an appeal against an order by the court a quo in which the following order was granted:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The applicant be and is hereby granted the right of access to one minor child LEIA MARIA ATHITAKIS born on 21st November 2018 on weekends, that is Saturdays and Sundays from 0900 hours.
2. The right of access shall be supervised by the respondent the mother of the child who shall take the minor child to and from the applicant’s place. The respondent is directed not to interfere with the applicant’s exercise of the right of... More
Cities, towns and such town - like settlements are established in terms of, and owe their existence to, legislation. Legislation which gives birth to them is, by and large, supported by other legislation. The supporting legislation enables them to operate as well as discharge their functions efficiently and effectively. More
On 11th December 2023 at Harare, Designated Agent A Chimedza issued a determination. He ordered appellant to reinstate respondent or pay him damages in lieu of reinstatement. Appellant then appealed the determination to this Court. The appeal was made in terms of Section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01(hereafter called the Act). Respondent opposed the appeal. More
Respondent stated that appellant’s attorney Mr Gwanyanya does not have right of audience in this Court as he did not file an Assumption of Agency. In response Gwanyanya stated that he uploaded an Assumption of Agency on 23 January 2024. A hard copy was produced. The point arose presumably because the appeal was filed by the employers association on behalf of appellant. However now that the Assumption has been filed albeit belatedly the point falls away. In any event respondent did not allege or prove any prejudice it suffered thereby. More
This is an appealagainst the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Masvingo wherein it rejected an application for an interdict brought by the Appellantbarring the 2nd respondent,(who is the messenger of Court for Masvingo)from selling his 14 head of cattle which had been attachedpurportedly in execution of a judgement granted by that court. More
A brief background of the matter which has brought about this appeal, is that Respondent was Appellant’s employee as an Accounting Assistant Projects as from October, 2009. Prior to that he had been moved from Appellant’s employ to Zinwa and back after having joined Appellant in 1996.
On the 26th February, 2010 Respondent appeared before a Disciplinary Committee to answer nine charges of acts of misconduct. The Disciplinary Committee found him guilty of the said charges and he was dismissed from Appellant’s employ. More
This is an application for condonation of late filing of an application for leave to appeal against a decision of this court as well as an application for extension of time within which to file the application for leave to appeal. More
