The three accused persons were denied bail in the Magistrates Court
on three counts of stock theft. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 9 years imprisonment. The presiding magistrate denied them bail on the basis that they likely to abscond. He reasoned that the strength of the state case and severity of sentence upon conviction were likely to induce them to abscond. More
The appeal was noted as against an arbitral award handed down on an unspecificieddate the operative part of which reads as follows;
“4.1 This matter was resolved at the conciliation level. It should never have been brought to arbitration. Entertaining the complainant is an abuse of the dispute resolution system. I have no mandate to overturn an agreement that was entered by parties willingly.
4.2 Accordingly, this case is dismissed in entirely. Parties must abide by the agreement entered on 16 November, 2011.” More
The real issue for determination in this matter is whether the applicant and the first respondent concluded a contract for the sale of land.
The facts in this matter are basically common cause. The applicant sought to buy land belonging to the first respondent. The first respondent in turn wanted to increase its revenue base from undeveloped land under its control and ownership. Commencing in 2008, the two parties entered into discussions and negotiations over land in the applicant’s central business district. More
There has been a delay in the handing down of judgment in this application. I reserved judgment after argument on 26 May 2016. The applicant’s legal practitioner wrote a follow up letter to the Registrar enquiring as to when judgment could be expected to be delivered. The letter was written on 28 October 2016 and forwarded to my clerk on 31 October 2016. More
Appellant was employed by the Respondent as the logistics and Distribution Manager. On 4 March 2010 he was suspended from employment without salary and benefits on the basis of misconduct. On 8 March 2010 he was charged with three counts of misconduct. The allegations were that between 5 and 20 January 2010 he signed loading instructions for Salt Lakes Transport without a valid contract. He was accused of not exercising the required due diligence when executing his duties in relation thereto. Appellant’s alleged laxity and over delegation, over-trust and over-reliance on subordinates led to the loss of 120 metric tonnes... More
applicant seeks an order of specific performance in the following terms:
(a) That the first respondent be and is hereby ordered to manufacture, assembled and deliver to the applicant a 1 x 45 Lowbed Trailer in accordance with the specifications set out in its quotation of 4 March 2008;
(b) That the first respondent be and is hereby ordered to deliver the 1 x 45 Lowbed trailer to the applicant within 10 weeks or 70 days of the granting of this order.
(c) Cost of suit. More
The applicant was served with a writ of execution which was issued on the 14 June 2023. The writ seeks to evict the applicant from Jilikin 25 Mine Registration 12641 BM. On 23 June 2023 the applicant approached this court on an urgent basis seeking the following interim order:
The 1st respondent be and is hereby ordered to desist from carrying into execution the warrant of execution in favour of 2nd and 3rd respondents under HC 6457 in an area falling in Caradac Farm Gweru with the following coordinates (A) 36K0194080 UTM 7853780 (B) 36K0194360UTM 7853920 (C) 36K0194583 UTM 7853620... More
The applicant is married to Nathan Simango in terms of the Marriages Act, [Cap 5:11]. The marriage still subsists. Their marriage was blessed with one child. The respondent is a blood brother to Nathan Simango.
It is common cause that the applicant and Nathan moved to the United States of America (hereinafter referred to as USA) about 9 years ago. Both were apparently employed. Nathan lost his employment and in the year 2008 he fell ill. He was alleged to be suffering from Alzheimer. As a result he sometimes had certain limitations in understanding and was no longer in full... More
On 28th of July 2015 I granted an interim order prohibiting the respondents from evicting or demolishing applicant’s members residential structures located in Budiriro, Harare. I have since been requested to provide reasons for my order. More
This is an appeal against both the conviction and sentence of the appellant who appeared at Gweru Magistrates Court on 21 September 2011 facing one charge of contravening section 113 (2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23[, alternatively Criminal abuse of duty as a Public Officer as defined in section 174(i)(a)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
Appellant was dismissed from employment by 2nd Respondent on grounds of misconduct. She sought a review of the dismissal. 1st Respondent reviewed but confirmed her dismissal from employment. She then appealed to this Court. Her grounds of appeal were two-fold. More
The plaintiff sued the defendant for the delivery of a Mercedes Benz silver in colour identified as bearing engine number 64796130063151 and chassis number WDB2110162A313171 and vehicle registration number ADI 289 alternatively and on failure of full and timeous compliance with the order for delivery of the vehicle that the defendant pay to the plaintiff the sum of US$50 600.00 with interest at the prescribed rate from date of service of summons to date of full payment and costs of suit at attorney-client scale.
Although in her evidence during trial the plaintiff denied having been in a love relationship with... More
This is an application for condonation of late noting of an application for rescission of judgment. Facts giving rise to the instant application are that the applicant employee lost her job with respondent employer following allegations of misconduct in breach of the respondent code of conduct. She appealed to arbitration without success. This drove her to appeal to the Labour Court on 24 November 2014 against the arbitral decision. She however failed to file her heads of argument on the appeal on time. This prompted the respondent to pray for a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. To... More
This is an appeal against an arbitral award issued on 5 August 2015. Appellants are employees of respondent. From March 2012 to March 2015 respondent failed to pay appellants’ salaries. Appellants were aggrieved and referred the matter to conciliation and thereafter arbitration. The arbitrator awarded appellants amounts less than what they had claimed. More
