This is an appeal against the decision of the Respondent’s Works Council internal appeal level where Appellant’s guilty verdict was upheld and the dismissal penalty was confirmed.
Facts of the case are that, Appellant was found guilty and dismissed from work on charges of negligently carrying out his stock control duties on 11 and 15 November 2011 in contravention of the Respondent’s code of conduct. In particular, it was alleged that on the said dates, he negligently corrected the number of scuds crates which had been noted to be different from what was physically going out with the driver. He... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the National employment Council for the Engineering and Iron and Steel Industry where it ordered that the Respondent employee be reinstated by the Appellant employee without any loss of salary or benefits from the date of his suspension or alternatively that he be paid damages in place of the reinstatement. More
The accused was convicted on his own plea of guilty on a charge of theft as defined in s 113 0f the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] He was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which 6 months imprisonment was suspended on appropriate conditions of good behaviour. Of the remaining 30 months imprisonment 6 months were suspended on condition of restitution to the complainant in the sum of US$265.00. He now applies for bail pending appeal against sentence only. More
: This matter came before me as an urgent chamber application which the applicant instituted against the first and the second respondents.
The applicant is the former husband of the first respondent. The two were married in terms of Customary Law in 1976 and, in 1983, the parties solemnised their marriage in terms of the Marriage Act, [Cap 37] (now 5:11). More
On 3rd April, 2013 the Honourable D. Mudzengi made an arbitration award. He ruled against Appellant’s claim of unfair dismissal from employment by Respondent. Appellant then appealed to this Court against the award. I will deal with the material points raised in the appeal seriatim. More
On 10 August 2012 after hearing counsel for the applicant and the first respondent I granted the following provisional order;
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED
Pending return date the applicant is granted the following:-
1. 1st respondent or his assignee be and is hereby ordered to stop forthwith quarrying activities on the applicant’s farm namely Coburn 27A till finalisation of the matter on the return date.
2. 2nd respondent or his assignee be and is hereby barred from authorising the 1st respondent from carrying out quarrying activities on the applicant’s farm namely Coburn 27A till finalisation of this matter on the return... More
The plaintiff is currently the acting headmaster of Tsatsi High School in Domboshava but his homestead, where his wife still resides, (their children, the oldest of which is 25 with the youngest aged 10 years, having moved out or are attending school), is at Majuru line in Goromonzi. At the material time, he was the headmaster of Mkombami High School in Goromonzi, a post he was forced to vacate on 19 September 2011 following disturbances and accusations levelled against him. More
