This is an application for review. The applicant is employed by the respondent as an administration officer. He was charged with misconduct in terms of section 44 [2][a] of the Public Service Regulations 2000 as amended, following an investigation into the missing sanitary wares for Donax Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd at Harare Metropolitan Province. He was alleged to have violated paragraphs 2, 3 and 24 of the First Schedule (section 2) of the abovementioned regulations. More
The plaintiff concluded an agreement of sale with the second defendant on 20 January 2003 and took registered title of the immovable property, stand number 2946 Gwelo Township of Gwelo Township Lands, also known as 40 Mcllwaine Southdowns, Gweru, on 19 February 2003.
The first defendant, Mrs Gwanzura, is the former wife of the second defendant, Mr Gwanzura. Their marriage of 19 years was dissolved by the High Court sitting at Bulawayo on 23 July 2002 in case number HC 2877/98. The divorce order, inter alia, apportioned the house between the defendants More
The applicant approached the court a quo seeking the relief of a spoliation order. The application was dismissed with costs thus occasioning the present appeal. More
On the hearing day of this appeal the respondent raised a preliminary point that the second and fourth grounds of appeal donot raise questions of Law. They therefore should be struck off. I dismissed the preliminary point and indicated that the reasons will follow. More
On 20 January 2022 an entity called Chigami 2 Syndicate obtained judgment against the third respondent under case HC1840/21. That judgment led to the attachment of the third respondent’s equipment by the first respondent. Sometime in June 2023, the second respondent advertised the sale of the third respondent’s property in situ on 1 July 2023. The property to be sold comprised of a processing plant consisting of loading bin, crusher, vibrator, separator/sieve, siemens crusher, 2 x hammermills and separator, container control room with 3 x power control boxes (hereinafter called the equipment). The applicant was represented at the auction and... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the appeals officer dated 6 November 2023 wherein the appellant was found guilty and dismissed from employment. Appellant was employed as an Engineering Stores Clerk by the respondent and was responsible for sourcing materials required by the employer from suppliers. He was essentially the go between the respondent and the suppliers. The appellant through his position could source quotations from different suppliers and choose the most convenient. More
The background facts are that the applicant was employed by the respondent for 40 years. At the time when he was charged with the act of misconduct, he was employed as a store man. He was tasked with a duty to source various building materials. He proceeded to get three quotations and submitted them to his supervisor. One of the quotations was approved and the applicant’s supervisor signed a requisition for the supply of the required materials from the approved supplier. This was in September of 2022. More
The appellant appeals against the judgment of the High Court dated 9 September 2019, wherein the court a quo dismissed his appeal against conviction by the Magistrates’Court on a charge of criminal abuse of office under s 174 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23](The Criminal Law Code). More
The background to this matter is that applicant and 1st respondent are related in that applicant is 1st respondent’s son. 1st respondent is also married to 2nd respondent who is applicant’s step mother. 3rd respondent is a legal entity wherein applicant, 1st and 2nd respondents are shareholders. Applicant lays claim to an immovable property known as 45 Southway Burnside. He avers that he purchased the property personally from his own funds but got it registered in the name of 3rd respondent. 1st and 2nd respondents have since made a resolution to sell the property and from the notice of opposition... More
1. This is an appeal against conviction on two counts of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (“the Code”).
2. The appellant was acquitted of one count wherein he had been charged of raping the same complainant. More
In terms of the Facility Letter which the parties signed on 15 February 2011, the plaintiff advanced the sum of $130 000.00 to the defendants. The maturity date of the loan was 15 February, 2012. More
This is an application for summary judgment in terms of r 64. The plaintiff issued summons claiming against the defendant the sum of $47 808-00 being the outstanding amount owed to it by the defendant arising from a personal loan advanced to the defendant. It also claimed interest at the rate of 15% per annum, a penalty on unpaid interest at the rate of 2 % per day from 31st August 2015 to date of payment in full plus costs on the legal practitioner and client scale. More
