This is an application for review of a decision made by the respondent.
The applicant was employed as a truck driver. During the course of his duties it was alleged he committed some act of misconduct sometime in August 2015. He was charged in terms of the applicable Code of Conduct. He was found liable and dismissed with effect from 14 October 2015. An internal appeal was unsuccessful. More
The application placed before me was for condonation of late filing of an appeal. The Applicant is a former employee of the Respondent. He appeared before the Respondent disciplinary authority charged with acts of misconduct in terms of Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 (the model Code). He was found guilty and a penalty of dismissal was consequently imposed. The Applicant dissatisfied with the determination initially approached a Labour Officer with a complaint of unfair labour practice. Midway through that process the Applicant abandoned the process. He then approached this court with an intention to appeal against the employer’s determination. Because... More
At the hearing of this matter the respondent raised preliminary issues and these were that:
1. The appellant had not been formally served with the appeal and only got to know of it from the Registrar.
2. The appellant was not served with their notice of assumption of agency.
3. The appellant failed to file their heads of arguments as is required by the rules of this court.
4. The grounds of appeal raise no point of law. More
This was an appeal against the decision of the Regional Magistrate’s Court, Masvingo, dismissing the appellant’s application for bail pending appeal.
The appellant, a 65 year old male, was charged with indecent assault and rape. The allegations on indecent assault were that he had, without her consent, fondled the complainant’s breasts, fondled her private parts and had got her to stroke his erect penis. On rape, the allegation was that the appellant had had vaginal intercourse with the complainant without her consent. More
The facts of this matter are common cause. There is in existence a Collective Bargaining Agreement governing the timber sector of the agricultural industry, Statutory Instrument 55 of 2013. (CBA). The CBA provides, inter alia, for a minimum wage of US$150.00.
The parties engaged in wage negotiations in which the respondent initially sought for an increase of the minimum wage from US$150.00 to US$180.00. It eventually backed down to the gazetted minimum wage. Its position was that this should be maintained at US$150.00 as agreed in the CBA. More
On 8th April 2015 at Harare, Arbitrator Y Malama issued an arbitration award. She ordered the respondent to pay the appellant an amount of US$3 663-00 “as underpayments for April 2012 to April 2013.” The appellant then appealed to this court against the award. The respondent opposed the appeal. More
