The parties herein were formerly husband and wife. Two minor children were born from the union, namely Anthony Christie Pissas (born 8th March 1994) and Dean Alexander Pissas (born 13th October 1995). On 2 November 2006 this Honourable Court granted a decree of divorce in favour of the respondent herein. The respondent was awarded custody of the minor children. Prior to the decree of divorce being granted the parties had entered into a Consent Paper in terms of which other ancillary relief was provided for. More
The respondent was employed in terms of a letter of appointment whose terms read as follows in part:
“Subsequent to the various discussions we had with you recently, we are pleased to offer you a contract of employment as Procurement and Marketing Manager to Mapako (Pty) Ltd and its related companies.
Date of Commencement: 1st September 2009
Duration of Contract : Open ended
Subject to notice as detailed below:
Location: This can be either in Zimbabwe, at your current home in Marondera, or in Francistown Botswana, at your election. While you remain in Zimbabwe, for administration reasons, you will be... More
This is an application for condonation and, extension of time within which to file an application for the reinstatement of an appeal filed by the applicant against the judgment of the Administrative Court upholding the granting to the second respondent by the first respondent, of a permit to subdivide a property. The application is made in terms of r 70 of the Rules of this Court. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) sitting at Harare handed down on 31 January 2023 wherein the court
a quo dismissed the appellant`s claim that certain loans advanced to the first respondent be repaid in United States dollars. More
This was an urgent chamber application to stop an eviction on the grounds that the second respondent, the messenger of court, allegedly on the back and call of an official from the Ministry of Lands, was straying outside the four corners of the court order that defined the premises the applicant, and all those claiming occupation through him, had to be evicted from. More
On 31 May 2017 we dismissed the appellant’s appeal with costs. We promised to provide our reasons within fourteen days. Regrettably, the period proved too ambitious. We had not reckoned with a workload build-up in the days that followed. More
This is an appeal against the sentence imposed upon the appellant following his conviction on three counts of robbery as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [ Chapter 9:23], one count of attempted robbery as defined in s 189 (I) (a) and (b) as read with s 126 of the same Act,one count of attempted rape as defined in s 65 as read with s 189 of the same Act, and one count of theft as defined in s 113 of the Act. More
The Appellant appeals against the Respondent’s decision to dismiss him.
Appellant was employed as a general nurse by the Respondent. During his tenure of employment it was alleged that Appellant had committed acts of misconduct. More specifically it was alleged that he issued fake receipts to the Respondent’s clients, accepted payment from such clients and converted the money to his own use. He was charged in terms of the Health Services Regulations 2006, he was found guilty and dismissed from the Respondent’s employment. More
This is an application for confirmation of a draft ruling handed down by the Applicant on the 8th July, 2016. The application is premised on the provisions in Section 93 (5a) (b) of the Labour Act [Cap 28:01] (the Act). More
The first and second applicants share certain things in common. They seek the same relief against the first and second respondents. They were both shot at and injured by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police on 22 February 2018. They both instituted claims for general and special damages before this court under HC 11467/18 and HC 11469/18 respectively. In their defence, the respondents herein raised the defence of prescription as part of their plea to the plaintiffs’ claims. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Appeal Authority of the Respondent which had upheld the dismissal verdict handed down by the Disciplinary Hearing Committee on 11 September 2013. More
DUBE-BANDA J:This is an urgent application. This application was lodged in this court on 16 January 2021. The application was placed before me and I directed that the copy of the application be served on the respondents. This application was considered on the papers filed by the parties without oral argument, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Practice Directive 2 of 2021 issued by the Chief Justice of Zimbabwe. The application is opposed by 1st respondent.
In this urgent chamber application, the applicant seeks a provisional order drawn in the terms:- More
MOYO J: This is an application for leave to execute pending appeal. It is trite that in such an application at the centre of the determination are the prospects of success on appeal. The 1st respondent raised 2 points in limine,that is non-disclosure of actual facts and dirty hands. However, it is the view of this court that such information was not relevant to the dispute at hand, it being whether or not applicant should be allowed leave to execute an order of this court pending appeal. It is my considered view that in this application, applicant did not have... More
