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On 10 May 2013, the plaintiffs issued summons against the defendants claiming provisional sentence in the sum of USD23000-00 together with interest thereon at the rate of 10% per annum reckoned from 26 April 2013 to date of payment in full, plus costs of suit on legal practitioners/client scale. More

The plaintiff, NgwenyaMuncini, but whose second name was in the pleadings spelt variously as Munzini, Manzinior Mancini, claimed an order of specific performance against the defendant, one Elisha TakundwaMangwiro. The claim was in respect of a property described as No 688/5 Mbizo, Kwekwe (hereafter referred to as “the house” or “the Kwekwe house”). The house had three main rooms and a toilet. Plaintiff alleged that in 2002 his employer, one Gibson Ndhlela, but whose second name was in some documents spelt as Nhlela, had bought him the house as an employment benefit. He alleged that the sale had been negotiated... More

This is an appeal against a decision by the Respondent’s Appeals Authority upholding an earlier determination by the Disciplinary Committee to dismiss the Appellantfrom employment. The background facts in this case are as follows; The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as the National Purchasing Coordinator. On the 20th of January, 2012 Appellant was suspended without pay and benefits following allegations of violations of Section 4 (a) and (d) ofthe Labour Act (National Employment Code of Conduct Regulation 2006), StatutoryInstrument 15 of 2006 that is ‘Any act of conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfillment of the expenses or implied... More

The Appellant was employed by the Respondent at the Chipinge Depot. When a spot check was conducted on the 26th of July 2012 some cash shortages were discovered. He was then charged under clause 2:4.4.1 of the Code of Conduct. It was alleged that he falsified documents with fraudulent intent, it was alleged that he was using cash generated from the sales of the following day to cover shortages of the provisions day. Appellant was also charged under clause 2:4.6.1 of the Code i.e. “wilful loss or theft” More

The applicants seek, by court application, an order confirming the cancellation of a sale agreement involving shares entered into between the first applicant and the respondent on 11 October 2011 and the eviction of the respondent from stand 750 Greystone Township of Greystone A, Harare as well as costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale. More

The plaintiff, an incorporation involved in the business of repairing and servicing motor vehicles, contracted the defendant, another incorporation which prides itself as the only company in Zimbabwe with the expertise to supply and fix industrial interlocking rubber tiles, to supply and fix such industrial interlocking rubber tiles at its service workshop at the corner of Robson Manyika Avenue and Julius Nyerere Street in Harare sometime in May 2010. More

The applicant’s claim is for a provisional order seeking repossession of, equipment and motor vehicles valued at US$1 558 068, 53 and US$96 000.00 respectively. Its cause of action is based on breach of contract on account of the first respondent’s failure to pay the purchase price for the property sold in terms of the agreement of sale. More