This is an appeal against the decision of the Harare Magistrates Court, sitting on 10 June 2010, granting an eviction order against the appellant. The appellant seeks an order setting aside that decision and dismissing the respondent’s application for eviction of the appellant. He also seeks an order for costs on a legal practitioner and client scale. More
Appellant a registered General Nurse at Parirenyatwa was charged for stealing 21 Metronidazole tablets which had been prescribed for a patient who had since been discharged. She was found guilty by the Disciplinary Committee and was discharged from employment. More
This is a claim for a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. The parties were married in terms of the Marriage Act then Chapter 5:11 on the 1st of August 2015 and the marriage still subsists. Prior to their marriage they entered in a pre-nuptial contract to govern their marital regime. They have 2 minor children born of the marriage namely; Keegan Bruce Duncan King a boy born on 4June 2016 and Phillipa Ann King a girl born on 22 February 2018. More
This is an appeal against the decision of First Respondent.
The brief facts are that Appellant was employed by the Second Respondent in the ICT Department. The allegations are that Appellant was tasked to work with the LIT team in a bid to improve Second Respondent’s system. It is further averred that Appellant did not do as instructed and turned away the LIT team when it came to do business. It is further alleged that Appellant was instructed to complete the tasks assigned to her in May 2023 and failed or neglected to do them as instructed. Attempts to hold... More
The plaintiff sued the defendant for adultery damages in the sum of $60 000 000-00 (old currency). The claim was amended to $5 000 000-00 (revalued) before the commencement of trial. More
On 1 September, 2021 the defendant’s customs officials placed the plaintiff’s truck and trailer under notice of seizure. The truck, 2012 Freightliner Columbia Horse, bears registration number AEZ 0647. It was pulling a 2012, Henred Tridem Trailer which bears registration number AFJ 8260 More
On 8 March, 2022 the fourth respondent, a legal entity, was granted a permit to use Stands 961 and 962 (“the stands”), Pomona Township of Stand 875 Pomona Township, Pomona, Borrowdale, Harare for a funeral parlor. The grant of the permit to the fourth respondent constitutes the applicant’s cause of action. It alleges that it owns Stand numbers 955, 959, 966, 967 and 968 in the same mentioned area and that a permit granting a change of use of land will adversely affect its operations. More
Parents have an obligation to their minor children in a very broad form. Children look up to their parents for love, care, affection, shelter, food and upkeep among others. The children also expect their parents to be able to meet their school and tuition fees along with stationery and other everyday needs. It is expected of them to be able to sit down and map a smooth and amicable resolution on the choice of school and payment of school fees, buying school uniforms, stationery and other requirements. More
This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an appeal. The matter has been hogged by various ‘stops and starts’ from inception. The Designated Agent for the Security Industry issued her determination on 31 July 2023. Applicants were supposed to file their appeal within 21 days, which they did. This was under Case Number LCH657/23. At the hearing of the matter on 12 February 2024 before Justice Kachambwa, the appeal was struck off the roll as it was deemed to be defective. An application for condonation of the appeal was filed under Case Number LCH209/24. This was... More
The application was one seeking to reinstate case number LC/H/663/23. The applicant was also seeking to file his heads of arguments within seven (7) days of the court’s order. More
This is an application for the rescission of a judgement made by this court reinstating the respondent employer into his position in a labour dispute pitting him and the applicant employer. More
This mater was set down as an appeal by the appellant employee against the respondent employer following disciplinary proceedings whose outcome was unfavourable to the appellant. On the set down date and in the papers filed of record the respondent raised two points at the outset. It is these two points which are the subject matter of this judgment.
The respondent took the first point that the notice of appeal was defective of an account of the fact that it was silent on the prayer sought by the appellant. It also took issue with the fact that the appeal grounds... More
In this opposed application the applicant has sued respondent for an order of ejectment of the respondent and all those claiming occupation through respondent occupation from applicant’s commercial premises at Chedgelow Farm and holding over damages in the sum of $600.00 per month with effect from the 1st July 2016 to date of vacation or ejectment. The following facts are common cause between the parties. More
On the 24th of July, 2024 this court handed down an order dismissing the application for review filed in this matter. It was indicated that the reasons would follow. The following constitute the reasons for the judgement rendered. The delay in hand down of the determination is sincerely regretted. The matter was placed before me as an application for review filed in terms of Section 92EE (1)(b) and (c) of the Labour Act [Chap 28:01] The application for review was noted as against the disciplinary proceedings conducted before the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee which proceedings culminated in a dismissal penalty imposed... More
This is an appeal against conviction and sentence. The appellant, charged with the crime of theft as defined in s 113 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] was, following a protracted trial, convicted of stealing a 500 kva transformer serial number T9294LC14 belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). The offence was committed on 4 July 2013 at the ZETDC Mabelreign Depot, Mabelreign Shopping Centre, Harare. For his troubles, the appellant was sentenced to twenty-four months imprisonment of which six months imprisonment was suspended for five years on the usual conditions... More
