MABHIKWA J: The applicant is a former employee of the respondent. On 7 March 2014, he was suspended on allegations of misconduct. He was given a letter to that effect. He was charged with conduct inconsistent with the fulfillment of express or implied terms of his contract of employment.
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This is an appeal against sentence only. On 3 July 2020 the appellants appeared before the Magistrates Court sitting at Kariba whereupon they were convicted on their own pleas of guilty on a charge of contravening s 4(1) as read with s 4(2) of the Firearms Act [Chapter 10:09], that is, possession of a firearm without a certificate. Both were sentenced to 36 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual condition of good behaviour. In addition the 303 rifle was forfeited to the State. The effective custodial term in respect of each...
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This is an application for review of the Master’s decision regarding the resolution a dispute using s 68G of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01] which deals with whether customary law should apply to a deceased person’s estate. Having decided that customary law should apply, the essence of the Master’s decision, (cited as the first respondent in this matter), was to reduce the applicant’s civil marriage to a customary one in accordance with s 68(4) of the Administration of Estates. This was on the basis that at the time the civil marriage was contracted, the now deceased was married...
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This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Chiredzi wherein it granted respondent’s application for spoliation in respect of a piece of land situate in the Lowveld district of Chiredzi, namely subdivision 111 of Mkwasine Central, Chiredzi (“the piece of land’). The appellant attacks the decision of the court a quo on two broad grounds namely that it (i.e. court a quo) ought to have declined to entertain the application for spoliation as essentially the same dispute pitting the same parties was pending in a different court case. The argument therefore is that the court...
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