The Plaintiff and the Defendant (the parties) married each other on the 18th of December 2018 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. They were blessed with three children, Anotida Romah Maruza born on 14 June 2009, Tawananyasha Mike Maruza born on 17 June 2012 and Rufaro Maruza born on 30 January 2016. On the 16th of November 2022 the Plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. More
This is an appeal against an award by a labour officer. Before the appeal could be heard two preliminary points were taken on behalf of the respondent. These are that: (i) the appellants have not complied with Rule 11A of the Rules of this Court; and (ii) the prayer is defective. More
On the 18 September 2023 this Court issued a judgement which dismissed applicant’s appeal against his dismissal from employment by respondent. A party wishing to appeal the judgement is guided by the Labour Court Rules 2017 whose Rule 43 provides that
“43(1) An application in terms of section 92F (2) of the Act seeking leave to appeal from any decision of the Court shall be made to the Judge of the Court who made the decision or in his or her absence, from any other Judge, within twenty-one days from the date of that decision.” More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Designated Agent who ruled that appellant’s backpay benefits were convertible to local currency at the rate of 1 to 1. The appellant filed the following grounds.
1) The Designated Agent erred in finding that the appellant’s backpay and benefits were convertible to local currency at the rate of 1 to 1 despite the fact that liability only came into existence after the effective date of SI 33/19
2) The Designated Agent erred in not finding that the respondent had made unlawful deductions from the appellant’s backpay and benefits and in not... More
This an application for bail pending trial. The application is by the four accused persons who are members of the police. They were arrested on allegations that they criminally abused their offices as police officers and took, in two cases, the amounts of money amounting to USD23 700-00 and USD1 700-00 respectively. The accused persons were all arrested and are detained at Khami Prisons. More
The matter be and is hereby remitted for the court a quo to determine the following issues:
a) Whether damages should be awarded to the respondent for the period March 2009 to March 2019 payable at the rate of 1:1 between the US Dollar and the Zimbabwean dollar or at the prevailing inter-bank rate.
b) The damages and back-pay in lieu of reinstatement taking into account mitigatory factors, if any.
c) Whether the respondent should be paid back-pay for the period 11 October 2012 to 12 March 2018 during which he did not prosecute his appeal. 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
