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[1] The first and third applicants seek condonation for the late noting of an appeal and extension of time within which to appeal. The application is contested by the first, third, fourth and sixth respondents. [2] The parties are fighting over the control of the Stoneridge Residents Association (the association). More

Appellant appealed to this Court against his dismissal from employment by Respondent. The appeal was made in terms of Section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. Respondent opposed the appeal. More

The 3rd respondent sold her house, Number 6460 Mkoba North Township to the applicants. The same property was also sold to the respondents in what appears to be a double sale. The applicants subsequently approached the magistrates court under case number 1965/02 seeking the ejectment of the occupants of 6460 Mkoba, the contentious house. The applicants cited the 3rd respondent only. The second respondent was the one in occupation and upon obtaining judgment, the writ of ejectment and notice of ejectment was duly served on the occupants. Ejectment was set for 25 August 2008. That ejectment proceeded and the 1st... More

This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent’s appeals officer who confirmed appellant’s guilt and penalised him with dismissal. The background to the matter is that appellant attended a business workshop at Chinhoyi University hotel. After the workshop proceedings and after a cocktail which was given by his employer, appellant together with plus 14 colleagues congregated in a colleague’s room drinking and smoking and playing to loud music. More

This judgment relates to an appeal against conviction and sentence which came before us on 13 November 2023. The appellant appeared in the magistrates’ court sitting at Hwange on a charge of possession of raw ivory in contravention of s 82(1) of S.I. 326/1990 as read with s 128(b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14] i.e., unlawful possession of unregistered raw ivory. It being alleged that on 1 February 2021 and at Lupinyu Business Centre, Victoria Falls, the appellant unlawfully and intentionally possessed two pieces of unregistered raw ivory weighing 1.09 kgs and 0.55 kgs. More

Appellant appealed to this Court against his dismissal from employment by Respondent. The appeal was made in terms of section 92D of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01. Respondent opposed the appeal. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court, the court a quo, sitting at Harare, dated 17 June 2021 granting a declaratur to the effect that the Deed of Settlement signed by the parties on 13 November 2019 compromised the High Court order dated 26 February 2018, thereby creating new obligations between the parties. The court a quo also granted consequential relief flowing from the declaratur More