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This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe handed down on 13 January 2016 under judgment number HH 24/16 of case number HC 2899/15, in terms of which the More

By order date stamped 22nd February 2018 the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe remitted the matter to this Court for it: “(a) To determine the actual period during which the appellant was employed by the respondent and in respect of which the respondent was contractually obliged to remit pension contributions to the relevant Pension Fund. (b) To compute the exact amount of the contributions payable in respect of both employer’s and employee’s contributions, less the amounts already paid by the respondents for the period of actual employment determined in terms of paragraph (a) above.” More

This is an urgent chamber application for stay of execution in terms of Order 32 Rule 244 of the High Court Rules, 1971. The terms of the final order sought were that: 1. Execution be stayed pending the determination of the application for rescission of the default judgment under HC 522/20. 2. There be no order as to costs. In the meantime, applicant sought the following interim relief; 1. That pending determination of the matter under HC 522/20, the Sheriff be directed to stay execution of the order made under HC 349/20. 2. That the 2nd respondent be ordered to... More

This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is being charged with the crime of armed robbery as defined in section 126 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act, Chapter 9:23. On the 29 April 2020, applicant appeared before the Magistrates Court, Bulawayo, whereupon he was placed on remand and detained in custody. More

This is an appeal against confirmatory proceedings conducted by the Labour Court on 8 September 2017 in terms of s 93(5) of the Labour Act. At the end of the proceedings the Labour Court made a number of alterations to the draft ruling issued by the Labour Officer. More

There has been a delay in the handing down of this judgement which was prepared in 2017. I do hereby extend my apologies to the parties. INTRODUCTION The appeal was noted against an arbitral award handed down on the 30th July, 2015 per the Honourable Dr T.N Sambureni, Arbitrator. The appeal is opposed. BACKGROUND FACTS The Respondent was employed by the Appellant as a Senior Manager – Finance. On 16 December, 2009 the Appellant through its Human Resources Manager wrote to the Respondent notifying him of its intention to retrench him. More

On 27 September 2017, the High Court rendered judgment in HC 979/15 whereby it dissolved the parties’ marriage and awarded ancillary relief which included distribution of the assets of the parties. More