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This is an application for review which was made possible by the order granted by my brother MATHONSI J (as he then was) on 14th day of April 2016 in which he granted the applicant condonation to file the application. More

The applicant in this matter seeks interim relief couched in the following manner: “Pending the confirmation or discharge of the order, applicant is granted the following interim relief: 1. The execution of this court’s judgment under HC 2776/19 be and is hereby stayed. 2. The 3rd respondent shall not take any steps to execute in terms of the court order dated 14 May 2020. 3. In the event 3rd respondent would have executed by the time of the order, the 3rd respondent shall restore possession to the applicant. The facts of this matter are that the 1st respondents obtained a... More

On the 11 September 2019, plaintiff sued out a summons against the defendant praying for an order of divorce and other ancillary relief. On the 8 September 2020, a pre-trial conference was held before a judge of this court. The presiding judge referred the matter to trial. The trial was set down for the 10 November 2020. A copy of the notice of set-down was served on defendant’s legal practitioners on the 6 October 2020, and on plaintiff’s legal practitioners on the 7 October 2020. In anticipation of the trial date, defendant filed an affidavit in support of an application... More

On the 1st of October, 2020 I delivered an ex-tempore judgment wherein I granted an application for condonation for the late filing of a review application. The respondents have since requested for the full reasons thereof, and these are they. More

The Appellant in casu filed this appeal together with an application for review. He was employed by the Respondent and dismissed after being found guilty of an act of misconduct. More

This is an appeal against a determination by a Designated agent. The background is that Cimas medical services (Pvt) Limited employed the appellant as a Senior Computer operator grade 8.2. The appellant was stationed at the employer’s head office. He was transferred from the Head office to Cimas medical laboratories to cover for the Systems Administrator who had gone on leave. The appellant alleges that he was in grade 8.2. He was acting in the position of a grade 10 employee, but remained a grade 8.2 receiving an acting allowance. More

This is an appeal against the judgment of the Provincial Magistrate sitting at Bulawayo on 15th March 2019. The appellant was charged with public violence as defined in section 36 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). Appellant pleaded not guilty but was however convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment of which 1 year was wholly suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of future good conduct. Dissatisfied with the conviction and sentence, the appellant has noted this appeal. More