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The appellants are appealing against the entire judgment of the High Court delivered on 24 May 2017 under judgment number HH329/17. Thatjudgment granted the respondent a provisional spoliation order in the following terms: “TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms: 1. The first, second and thirdrespondents be and are hereby interdicted from interfering in any manner with the applicant’s businessoperations at the tuck shop situated at Gateway Primary School. Including but not limited to barring her potential customers from buying from... More

This is an appeal against the wholejudgment of the Labour Court handed down on 1 August 2019, dismissing an application for the confirmation of a draftrulingof a labour officer (second respondent), to the effect that transfer of the employees (appellants) from Kwekwe Brewery to the first respondent constituted a transfer of an undertaking in terms of s 16 (1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28.01]. More

CHITAKUNYE AJA: This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe handed down on 31 October 2018. In that judgment the court a quo granted the first appellant’s application but dismissed the applications by the other appellants. The applications were, inter alia, for declaration of the appellants’ citizenship status. This appeal initially pertained to those appellants whose applications were dismissed. More

CHITAKUNYE JA: This is an opposed chamber application for reinstatement of an appeal in terms of r 70 (2) of the Supreme Court Rules 2018. The intended appeal is against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Bulawayo handed down on 17 December 2020 in case number HC 1314/20 judgment number HB 12-21. More

[1] This is an appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court confirming with an amendment a ruling by a labour officer that the appellant was guilty of an unfair labour practice and that the appellant pays to each of the respondents arrear compensation due to them for the period March 2011 to September 2015.The appellant seeks an order setting aside the confirmation and, in its place, another order dismissing the application for confirmation with no order as to costs. More

MAKARAU JA: This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare, handed down on12 December 2016. In the judgment, the court a quo found the first three appellants guilty of murder and the fourth appellant guilty as an accessory after the fact, of public violence. The first three appellants were sentenced each to 20 years imprisonment. The fourth appellant was sentenced to a fine of $500-00 or in default, threemonths’ imprisonment with a furtherthree years imprisonment suspended on conditions. More

MAKONI JA: This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court declining to grant, each of the appellants, declaratory relief that the respondent’s unilateral debit of their bank accounts held with it (the respondent) was unlawful. More