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At the hearing of this matter I dismissed the application with costs and indicated that reasons would follow. These are they; On 15 October 2015 I dismissed the applicant’s appeal with costs. At that hearing applicant was represented by one Witness Mapamba, a human resources officer. On 12 November 2015 applicant filed an application for leave to appeal in terms of section 92F (2) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. Applicant was now represented by counsel. The founding affidavit to the application was deposed to by Witness Mapamba. The intended grounds of appeal are; More

When submissions were made by both counsels on the preliminary points raised by the first Respondent, The Applicant’s counsel expressed the view that I probably had not followed the gist of the Applicant’s position. I want to assure counsel that I was quite alive to the submissions he made that in his perception the judgment debtor does not exist having lost its identity after the dissolution of TH Zimbabwe (Private) Limited in 2002, Hastt Incorporation (Zimbabwe) (Pvt) Limited, BMA Fasteners (Private) Limited & Tube and Pipe Industries (Private) Limited. It was on the ashes of these companies that the Applicant... More

This is an application for summary judgment.In particular, the draft order reads as follows: “1. Application for summary judgment be and is hereby granted. 2. Respondent be and is hereby ordered to pay a +pplicant the sum of US$200 000.00 together with interest thereon at the prescribed rate from 1 February 2020 to date of payment in full. 3. Costs of suit on legal practitionerand client scale.” More

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the Labour Court of Zimbabwe sitting at Harare delivered on 2 November 2010 in which the court a quo dismissed an application for review by the appellant. After hearing counsel’s submissions, the appeal was dismissed with costs. More

On 23 July 2018 Mr Forward Kapiya (the respondent) of Stand 254 Headlands Location issued summons at Rusape Magistrate’s Court against the appellant. Stella Masunga where he was seeking eviction of the appellant from a commercial stand No193, Headlands known as Kapiya General Dealer. In the summons he averred that the appellant was his ex-wife and he had since separated with her and since she was then co-habiting with other men, she ought to move out of the property. More

Applicant (“Stella Mundi”) approached the court on an urgent basis praying for a declaratur. The relief essentially seeks a stay of execution of an original order granted by this court under case number HCHC 321/24. More

The application was placed before me as a Chamber Application for an order compelling the Respondent to release to the Applicant the documents and determination relating to Applicant’s disciplinary case failing which the Respondent was to be ordered to reinstate the Applicant. In the event of reinstatement being no longer an option, the Respondent was to in the alternative pay Applicant damages in lieu of reinstatement. More

This is an appeal against the decision of Respondent’s Appeals Committee which upheld the determination of the Disciplinary Committee finding the Appellant guilty of misconduct culminating in her dismissal from employment. More

The applicant seeks an order for placement of a caveat ona property. More

This is an application for review. The 1st to 17th respondents are former employees of the applicant company who were employed as fishermen on a full time basis. The 18th respondent is cited in his capacity as arbitrator in the matter under review. More

This is an application for Stay of Execution of an arbitral award in favour of the 1st Respondent pending the hearing of an appeal filed in this Court. The award was issued in April 2013. The Applicant was ordered to pay 1st Respondent a total of $7 694,00. More

The applicants are facing a charge of robbery as defined in s126(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. They seek, and respondent opposes, their application for bail pending trial. More

This is an application for condonation of late filing of heads of arguments. More

This is a matter which was supposed to be disposed of in Chambers in terms of Rule 19(3)(a) of the Rules of this Court. However, when the applicant lodged the application for dismissal of the appeal, the record of proceedings was in bad shape. I therefore instructed the Registrar’s Office to have the record properly arranged and paginated. After the completion of that process and out of extreme caution I asked that the matter be set down for a hearing More

This is an appeal against an arbitral award. The appellant lodged his appeal on 22 September 2014. A response to the appeal was duly filed on 28 October 2014. Both parties are not legally represented. More