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This is an appeal against the determination of the National Employment Council for the Clothing and Industry dated17 February 2014. The determination is couched as follows: “In light of the above, the Appeals Board considered it fair to uphold and award the proposals from the appellant as they were calculated from date of dismissal to date of NEC determination and nothing more. Thus the company is being ordered to pay, the appellant USD11 458-30 …” The grounds of appeal that are before this court are as follows: (i) The National Employment Council erred at law by awarding damages without hearing... More

This is an application for condonation for late filing of notice of appeal against a judgement handed down at Rusape magistrate court on 20 June 2018 where the court a quo granted an interdict to the application and ordered her not to encroach with the respondent’s plot 5 Lot 1 Chimbi Source and barring applicant from interfering with farming activities of the respondents at that plot. Appellant was also ordered to remove her structures she had erected in plot 5 forthwith. More

This is an appeal against the refusal to admit the two appellants to bail pending appeal. The two appellants were arraigned before the Provincial Magistrate’s court, sitting in Gweru, on a charge of criminal abuse of duty as public officers as defined in section 174(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations against them are briefly as follows:that on a date to the prosecutor unknown, but during the period extending from 2012 to December 2017, at Gokwe Town Council, the appellants’, one or both of them, being public officers in the exercise of their functions... More

This court handed down its ruling in which it dismissed an application for discharge at the close of the state case brought by the applicant together with the 2nd to the 9th respondents herein but who were co-applicants in that application. On 29 October 2019, the applicant filed an application for the Judge’s recusal in the matter. This court dismissed the application on 14 January 2020. More

The trial in this matter commenced 6 June 2018. After the closure of the state case ion 14 March 2019, the nine (9) accused applied for their discharge in terms of section 198 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07]. On 13 May 2019, the ruling, which dismissed the application was handed down in their presence. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the General Court Martial handed down at 1 Commando Regiment Harare on 27 September 2017 by Lieutenant Colonel Bhebhe. The appeal is in terms of s 80 of the Defence Act [Chapter 11:02] [The Act] More

This is an application for confirmation of a draft order made by the applicant. It is being made in terms of section 93 (5a) (a) & (b) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:07]. The application was granted. The following are the reasons. The facts of this matter which appear to be largely common cause are as follows. The 1strespondent dismissed the 2ndrespondent from employment. Such dismissal was reversed after the 2nd respondent had formally complained of unlawful termination of employment. The termination was done on 29 August 2016 and it was reversed on 16 November 2016. This means that the1st... More