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This is an appeal against an arbitration award by Honourable B Mudiwa that was handed on 18 August 2015. More

Appellant was in the employ of the respondent. Following allegations of misconduct, appellant was brought before a Disciplinary Committee which found him guilty and recommended his dismissal. An appeal to the National Appeals Committee did not yield the desired results and the appellant has approached this court for relief. More

The plaintiff started off as thedefendants’ girlfriend. They thereafter had a childRosely Mufaro Maswera born on 12 March 2007 graduating her to his small house. The defendant was old enough to be her father. He was 58 and she was 23 when they had their first child. The defendant was a married man and was at the beginning of the affair staying in Umwisdale where the plaintiff was also staying. The defendant said she knew he was a married man as she used to come to his Umwisdale plot to buy vegetables and to grind her maize at his grinding... More

This is an appeal against the decision of the arbitrator. The brief facts of the matter are as follows. The Respondent was employed as a gate guard. He was dismissed from employment and approached the Labour Office. Through conciliation, respondent was reinstated to his position. On reinstatement, he was seconded to perform duties for appellant. Appellant subsequently terminated respondent’s employment contract. The respondent approached the NEC for the Engineering and Iron and Steel Industry for relief. The matter ended up in arbitration and the arbitrator found in favour of the respondent. Appellant is dissatisfied with that decision and has approached... More

This is an application of rescission of a judgment of this court granted on 9 December 2014 (Order No L C/H/806/14) but date stamped 26 May 2015. More

This matter was set down as a review at the instance of the applicant employee against a decision by the respondent employer where the employer had transferred the applicant to one of its stations. On the set down date 12 May 2016 it was brought to the court’s attention that the applicant has since been dismissed from employment hence any decision on instant review would only be of academic relevance. In that regard the parties requested a chance to dialogue over that with a view to applicant withdrawing his review application on account of its academic nature. On 17 June... More

This is an appeal against the decision of the arbitrator where he confirmed the appellant’s dismissal from work following allegations of engaging in conduct inconsistent with his work in contravention of Section (4) SI 15/06 More