The matter was originally placed before the Court as an application for condonation for late filing of an application for confirmation of an order by a Labour Officer. The matter was opposed at the hearing, the 2nd respondent raised a preliminary point arguing that the applicant’s representative had no authority to represent the applicant on account of the failure to file proof to that effect. More
: This is an application for rescission of a default judgment issued against the applicant under HC 1648/21. The application was made in terms of r 63 of the old High Court Rules 1971 on the basis that there is good and sufficient cause to do so. More
MUREMBA J: The applicant is Zimbabwe Chemicals, Plastiscs and Allied Workers Union (ZCPAWU), a trade union registered in terms of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]. In terms of s 3 of its Constitution it is an independent body capable of suing and being sued on its own. It has the capacity to sue on behalf of its members. Members of the applicant are employees of the respondents. The first respondent is Chemplex Corporation Limited and it is the holding company of G & W Industrial Minerals (PVT) LTD; Dorowa Minerals Limited; Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries Limited; and Chemplex Animal & Public... More
This is an application for an order for direct access to the Constitutional Court in terms of s 167 (5) (a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe as read with r 21(2) of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016. In the event that direct access is granted, the applicant intends to file a substantive court application under s 85 (1)(a) of the Constitution to set aside the judgment of the Supreme Court in Case No. SC 201/23, on the basis that the court, in dealing with a non-constitutional matter, violated the right of the applicant to equal protection and benefit of the... More
The applicant in three separate applications petitioned this court for an order against the respondents in the following terms.
WHEREUPON, after reading the documents filed of record More
The matter was placed before me as a chamber application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against a judgment of this court rendered under reference LC/H/280/23 on the 22nd of September, 2023. The application which is premised on section 92F(2) of the Labour Act [Cap 28:01] as read with Rule 43 of the Labour Court rules, 2017 is opposed by the 1st Respondent. The 2nd Respondent is cited as a nominal Respondent. More
This is an appeal against the whole composite judgement of the High Court of Zimbabwe dated 31 October 2023 in which the court a quo dismissed an application for the setting aside of an arbitral award, under HCHC328/23 and granted an application for the registration of the same award, under HCHC 188/23. More
