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Appellant worked for Respondent as a Claims Assessor based in Harare. She was charged with misconduct. A hearing was held. By letter dated 11th May 2016 Respondent convicted her and then terminated her employment. She appealed against the outcome. On 27th May 2016 Respondent’s Appeals Authority dismissed the appeal. She then appealed to this Court against the Authority’s decision. More

This is an application for review in the matter between Pianos Mubaiwa (employee) and BOC Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. (former employer). The following are the relevant background facts to the matter. The Applicant was employed by the 1st Respondent from 2002 until 2021 when he was dismissed. He was at the time of his dismissal occupying the position of a Distribution Officer. More

Appellant was charged with and found guilty of conduct inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of service. The facts that gave rise to this charge were that, Appellant failed to supervise his subordinates resulting in two of his subordinates defrauding the Respondent. He failed to supervise the updating of the Fund’s cash books and reconciliation of all bank statements on a monthly basis. He also failed to ensure compliance with set control procedures. More

On the 30th January, 2013 this Court dealt with an application for quantification of damages, the judgment which was delivered on the 2nd August, 2013. More

This is an application for quantification of damages following this court’s ruling that ; “the Respondent be and is hereby ordered to reinstate the Appellant with no loss of salary and benefits with effect from date of dismissal Or In the event that reinstatement is no longer possible the Respondent be and is hereby ordered to pay the Appellant damages as agreed between the parties in lieu of reinstatement. Should parties fail to agree either party is free to approach the court for quantification “ More

On 25 January 2024, the parties appeared before me in an application for rescission of a default judgement. I dismissed the application. The applicant requested that I give reasons for my order and these are they. Background facts the applicant employed the respondent before preferring charges of misconduct against him. He was charged and found guilty and dismissed from employment. The respondent was aggrieved with the outcome of the disciplinary proceedings the respondent noted an appeal to the labour court. This was on 27 April 2023. The notice of appeal was served on the applicant’s office on 4 May 2023 More

The applicant leased Highway Service Station in Macheke to the first respondent on 1 February 2012. The lease has a life span of 12 months. The applicant paid the agreed rentals for the full 12 months period in the sum of US$7 200.00. More

This is an appeal against the decision of an arbitrator sitting at Harare. More

This is an application for setting aside of an arbitral award in terms of Article 34 (2) of the Model Law as set out in the Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15]. More

On 27 April 2017 the fourth respondent (Turfwall Mining) obtained a provisional order against one Siphiwe Dube (Dube), interdicting her and all her employees from conducting all forms of mining on the five disputed claims pending confirmation or discharge of the provisional order. The disputed claims are the following: - Legion C claim number 102224BM; Legion D claim number 10225BM; Legion F claim number 10226BM; Legion 13 claim number 33216 and Legion 14 claim number 33217. Dube appealed the provisional order to the Supreme Court, and in Dube v Turfwall & Ors SC 10/17 the court found that she lied... More

On 31st October 2012 this Court made an order the relevant portion of which read, “1. The Respondent being barred in terms of Rule 19 for not filing Heads Of Argument, the appeal be and is hereby granted and arbitral award of the Respondent by H.R. Matsikidze dated 27 January 2012 is hereby set aside.” More

This is an application for bail pending appeal against conviction only. At his trial the applicant was facing three counts of rape as defined in section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More

This is an appeal against the determination in respect of value added tax, VAT, by the second respondent dated 12 June 2014 to an objection raised by the appellant on 2 May 2014. The appeal seeks to determine whether or not the estimates assessed for VATand penalties imposed by the first respondent for the period from 1 February 2010 to 31 December 2013 should stand. More

Applicants worked for Respondent. A collective job action took place. Respondent charged Applicants with misconduct. Thereafter Respondent dismissed Applicants from its employ. Applicants filed in this Court an application for review of their dismissal. Respondent opposed the application More

This is an urgent chamber application for stay of execution of an order under case No HC 4296/22 pending rescission of judgment. More