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Initially this appeal was in respect of both conviction and sentence. However at the commencement of the hearing of the appeal Mr Mafa for the appellant withdrew the appeal in respect of the sentence and thus abandoned the grounds of appeal in relation to the sentence. This appeal now solely relates to the conviction. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 12 July 2019, dismissing with costs, an application by the appellant for a declaratory order. More

This is an appeal from a determination by the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee in disciplinary proceedings that had been convened against the Appellant. The disciplinary proceedings were convened in terms of provisions under the Public Service Regulations, Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000 as amended. The operative part of the order reads as follows More

This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Labour Court setting aside an arbitral award in terms of which the respondent was ordered to pay the appellant the sum of US$ 17 500.00. More

The brief synopsis of the matter are spelt out by the letter written to the Registrar by the fourth Respondent and the events unfolded thus: 1. The Sheriff was instructed by Messrs Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners Legal Practitioners representing Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to execute a court order under case No. 5641/17 to recover a judgment debt of $28284.50, interest and costs including the Sheriffs costs of $180 against Nan Jiang Mine, the second Respondent herein. 2. Attachment of goods was done on 5 of June 2019. 3. The Sheriff received instructions to stay execution from Chihambakwe... More

This is an application by applicantfor condonation of late filing of an application for review of both Disciplinary Committee’s and Appeal Committee’s proceedings. The application was set down for hearing on the 18th November 2020 at 10.00 hours but could not take off at the allotted time due to requests for postponement by Mr. Sengwayothe applicant’s legal practitioner then. The matter was stood down to 14:30 hours to enable the legal practitioner to go through the record and prepare. At 14:30 hours, applicant, now self-acting as the legal practitioner had renounced agency sought another postponement which was opposed by respondents. More

During his tenure as Deputy Head at Kuredza Primary School, appellant was charged with acts of misconduct in terms of Section 44 (2) as read with paragraphs1, 3, 13 and 24 of the Public Service Regulations 2000, Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000. The allegations were that:- (a) Appellant violated procurement procedures when he sourced quotations from unreputable services providers and negotiated with one of the service providers to lower prices that resulted in price trading. (b) He wilfully absented from work by going to attend NAAZ sporting activities from 3rdJuly, 2017 to 19th July 2017 attending regional competitions in Kenya... More