This matter was placed before me as an appeal conjoined with an application for review. The determination by the Health Services Board was handed down on 22 October 2015. For convenience the Appellant/Applicant shall be referred to throughout as Appellant.
The material background facts to the matter are as follows;
The Appellant was employed by the 2nd Respondent as an Accounting Assistant. Hewas based at Kotwa Hospital. He was placed on suspension on the 4th of November 2013 to the 4th of February 2014 following allegations of misconduct more particularly, that he had failed to take reasonable care or account... More
The applicant seeks condonation for filing his application for rescission of judgment out of time. The application has its roots in case No. HC 57/17 wherein respondent (then plaintiff) sought an order for the sharing of property acquired by the parties during the subsistence of their unregistered customary law union. More
This is an application for review brought in terms of section 27 of the High Court Act [Chapter 9;07] wherein the applicant seeks an order setting aside the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Chiredzi. The applicant avers that the decision should not be allowed to stand as it is gross unreasonable. In the impugned decision, the Magistrate, who was cited in this application as the 1st respondent, dismissed two related applications both of which were launched in that court by the applicant. More
The appellant approached this court dissatisfied with the Magistrates Court’s decision of dismissal of his bail application pending trial. The brief background of the matter is that appellant was arraigned before the Magistrates Court facing a charge of possession of dagga as defined in s 156 (1) (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations being that on 10 June 2020 the accused person together with the other unknown persons proceeded to Ruwangwe area where they loaded 11 x 50 kg sacks of dagga into a silver Toyota vehicle Registration AEI 3787. Upon approaching a... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 6 March 2019, restraining the appellant and second respondent from executing a ruling made by the third respondent at a meeting of the creditors of the companies under the appellant’s judicial management, held on 13 February 2019. More
This is an appeal against the decision of MS MAGANI N.O handed down on 27 August 2019.
A brief background of the matter is pertinent.
Appellants were employed by the respondent. Following the purported termination of their employment contracts on retirement, they approached the Labour Officer. When conciliation failed, the matter was referred to arbitration. The arbitrator found in favour of the appellants. Respondent appealed to the Labour Court. This Court, in a judgment by CHIVIZHE J, dismissed the appeal and upheld the arbitrator‘s decision. This meant that respondent was supposed to pay to the appellants monies due to them... More
