This is an application for reinstatement of an appeal in terms of r 34 (5) of the Supreme Court Rules 1964. The brief facts giving rise to the application are that the applicant employed the respondent as its clerical officer. More
This is a dispute arising from the taxation of the appellant’s bill of costs. By judgment of this Court delivered on 27 September 2018 in City of Gweru v Masinire SC 56/18, in an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court which nullified the dismissal of the respondent from employment as Chamber Secretary of the appellant municipality, the court allowed the appeal with costs. More
The applicant is applying for leave to appeal against the judgment of this court that was handed down on 31 January 2020.
The applicant had retired the Respondent at the age of 60 years instead of 65 years. Retirement at the age of 60 years was provided for in the Pension Fund. Retirement at the age of 65 years was provided for in the contract of employment.
This court found that the applicant had no lawful right to reduce the retirement age to 60 years. More
This an appeal against the decision of Honourable Arbitrator Mudiwa dated 17th June 2019 which was couched as follows;
“Wherefore after carefully analysing the relevant facts and law, I make the following awards,
(i) The Disciplinary Committee was properly constituted.
(ii) The charges against the claimant were preferred outside the prescribed time.
(iii) The department representative did not act improperly when he led evidence at the hearing which evidence had the effect of pre-emptying the matter or causing bias. The dismissal of the claimant was not fair in the circumstances.
(iv) The respondent is hereby ordered to reinstate the claimant.... More
For convenience the Appellant in the appeal is also referred to as the Appellant under the cross appeal. The matter was placed before me as an appeal conjoined with a cross-appeal. Both appeals were noted against an arbitral award handed down by the Honourable Mukwehwa the operative part of which reads as follows; More
There has been an undue delay in the handing down of this judgement. This was due to circumstances beyond the Judge’s control as the Judge fell ill and created a backlog. The court extends its most sincere apologies to the parties for the delay. The following is the judgement in the matter. More
This is an appeal against the decision of Honourable Arbitrator M.C. Kare that was handed down on 20 June 2014. In the award Honourable Kare found that Appellant had committed an unfair Labour practice by intentionally failing to make substantive appointments of the Respondents in writing to the grade of 13/14 as required by law. The Appellant was then ordered to substantively appoint the Respondents to grade 13/14 from August 2012 and pay then correct salaries. More
