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This is an appeal against the decision of the Provincial Director Matebeland North sitting as a Mining. Commissioner`s Court at Manicaland Province. The sitting of the Provincial Commissioner’s Court was a result of an order rendered by MUZENDA J by consent of the parties under HC 203/18 on 18 September 2019. Said order provides in the main as follows: HC 203/18 and HC 212/18 were referred to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development for the appointment of a Provincial Mining Commissioner, other than the Provincial Mining Commissioner Manicaland. More

In this application the applicant comes to court seeking an order to compel the respondent to effect transfer of the stands as ordered in case No HC 3630/05. The applicant further seeks an order that upon failure by the respondent to comply with the order that compels the respondent to effect transfer should the court grant it, the Sheriff be ordered to take such steps and execute such documents as are necessary to ensure that the stands are transferred by registration into the applicants’ name. The applicant averred that he complied with the order of KAMOCHA J and paid the... More

This matter is an application for review. The applicant appeared before a Magistrate sitting at Mbare Magistrates Court facing a charge of fraud as defined in section 136 (a) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was charged with Wayne Victor Moss who was the first accused while the applicant was the second accused. More

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

At the onset of oral argument in this Court, the Respondent raised 2 (two) points in limine which the Applicant opposed. The points shall be dealt with ad seriatim. More

This is an application in terms of s 4 of the Administrative Justice Act [Chapter 10 :28] (AJA) in which applicants are seeking: (a) An order declaring that first respondent did not comply with s3 of the AJA in the process leading to the award of a certificate in favour of the fifth respondent dated 21 September 2022. (b) Consequential relief in the form of an order setting aside the environmental impact assessment certificate number 8000112357 dated 21 September 2022. (c) An order directing the first and second respondent’s to consider the submission on behalf of the applicants and thereafter... More

This is an application for review. The applicant is challenging the manner in which the 1st and 2nd respondents conducted the hearing in the dispute between itself and the 3rd respondent to the 92nd respondents who were the applicant’s former employees. The 1st three grounds for review are challenging the procedure which led to the determination by the 1st respondent. The 4th ground for review is however purporting to challenge a substantive finding made by the respondent in awarding damages. The 4th ground challenges how the 1st applicant had decided to award damages in United States dollars when he ought... More