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This is an appeal against the arbitral award by Hon H Nyamupachitu which was handed down on the 29th of October 2012. In this award the Appellant was ordered to pay a total sum of $120 451.46 within 14 days of signing the arbitral award. More

This is a chamber application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court in terms of r 5 (2) of the Supreme Court (Miscellaneous Appeals and References) Rules, 1975. More

The following facts appear to be not in dispute in this matter. The two respondents were employed by the applicant as research fellows and were based at the Institute of Development Studies. Sometime in 2010 the applicant and the two respondents had an employment dispute which culminated in the subsequent dismissal of the two respondents. More

The present matter is made up of an application and a counter application. In the main application, the applicant is the University of Zimbabwe and the respondent is the now deceased Sherla Greenland. In the counter application Sherla Greenland is the applicant. More

The applicant in this case has not been diligent in its prosecution of this matter. More

1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Fiscal Appeal Court HH 20/20 dated 8 January 2020. The court a quo dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the Commissioner in respect of assessed tax and confirmed its amended income assessment made by the Commissioner on 2 September 2015. 2. The appellant is a company, with limited liability, duly incorporated in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. It carries on the business of mining platinum in an area known as Middleridge Claims in Zimbabwe. The appellant and a related company known as Southridge Limited are subsidiaries... More

This is an opposed chamber application in terms of r 43 of the Supreme Court Rules 2018, for condonation and extension of time within which to note an appeal. More

MUSAKWA JA: This is an opposed chamber application for condonation for non-compliance with the Supreme Court Rules, 2018 and for extension of time in which to appeal made in terms of r 43. The intended appeal is against a judgment of the High Court handed down on 17 February 2021 upholding the respondent’s application for a compelling order. More

The applicant is a company that carries mining operations in Zimbabwe. The first respondent is an administrative authority established in terms of the Revenue Act [Chapter 23:11] tasked with the administration and collection of revenues due in terms of various statutes that it is obliged to enforce. Pursuant to its duties the first respondent issued garnishee notices against the applicant’s banker, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe which is cited as the second respondent in this matter. One garnishee notice is for the remittal of the sum of USD 24,076,521.04 from the applicant’s account to the first respondent. More

The respondent was an employee of the appellant and she resigned by giving 7 days’ notice instead of the requisite 3 months’ notice as per s 12 (4) (a) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. She proceeded to do a handover takeover procedure. The employer then demanded payment of $1 402-25 being amount due to it in lieu of the 3 months’ notice which respondent failed to serve. The respondent admitted liability by way of an email which appears on record as exh 5, she again reiterated her willingness to pay in another email dated 10 June 2014 which stands... More

The plaintiffs are husband and wife. They are members of the third defendant. More

The applicant was the defendant in case no. HC 3982/12 and the respondent was the plaintiff. Case no. HC 3982/12 is a summons or action matter in which the applicant was sued for various sums of money in damages allegedly caused by the applicant to the respondent’s property which he rented in terms of a lease agreement. In addition to damages, the applicant was also sued for outstanding rentals and bills, interest and costs on the higher scale of legal practitioner and client. The total sum claimed from the applicant was put at US$12 122.17. My own addition of the... More

The second applicant is the managing director of the first respondent. The first respondent is a duly incorporated company in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The first respondent is also a duly incorporated company in terms of the Laws of Zimbabwe. More

The applicant has approached this court on a certificate of urgency seeking the following relief:- “TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms: 1. The first and the second respondent(s) be and are hereby ordered to release the applicant’s files and records. More

The plaintiff issued summons claiming the following. “(i) payment of the sum of US$119 300-00 being the remaining balance of the agreed purchase price for one x 20 Tonne Hyundai Excavator, sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, at its specific instance and request. (ii) Interest at the prescribed rate calculated from the date of delivery being 19th of June 2014 to the date of full payment. (iii) Costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale.” More