On the 9th of February 2024 an order was made striking the applicant’s application for condonation for late filing an application for review, off the roll . Parties have now requested for reasons. More
This is not the first time that a preliminary issue has been raised on behalf of the respondent. On 9 February 2024 this Court made an order striking this same matter off the roll for non - compliance with the rules of this Court. This followed a preliminary point which was raised on behalf the respondent. Another preliminary point has once again been taken on behalf of the respondent. The Court did not enquire as to why counsel for the respondent has adopted the attitude of raising preliminary issues in a piecemeal fashion. The respondent could have raised the present... More
From June the applicant being the transporter parked the trucks loaded with copper at Chirundu Customs area for a period in excess of three months without the 1st respondent’s knowledge and approval. On the 1st of October 2023 the applicant reported a theft of its three trucks and cargo at Chirundu Police Station under CR 02/10/23. The matter is still pending at Karoi Magistrates Court. On the same day the 1st of October, the three mechanical horses were recovered parked in Zambia near the border. They were brought to the Zimbabwean side.
Investigations established that the three horses had illegally... More
This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court (the ‘court a quo’) in which it dismissed an application made by the appellant under HC2938/19 for the setting aside of an arbitral award. It, in the same proceedings, granted an application made under HC2554/19 by the first respondent for the recognition and registration of the same arbitral award. Both applications, heard by the court a quo, related to the same arbitral award that had been granted by the second respondent. More
This is an application for reinstatement.
Applicant filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court on 23 June 2023. The Applicant failed/neglected to file heads of argument in that case which was LC/H/488/23. The matter was deemed abandoned by the Registrar on 9 August 2023 in terms Rule 46 (b). Applicant subsequently filed an application for reinstatement on 12 September 2023 in Case Number LC/H/694/23. The matter was heard on 12 March 2024 with the result that the matter was struck off the roll because of defective documents filed with that application. More
In a Notice issued on 9 August 2023, Applicant’s application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was deemed abandoned by the Registrar in terms of Rule 46 (b) of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. This is therefore an application for reinstatement of the application. More
This is an appeal against the determination of the Registrar of Labour where he allowed the registration of the Progressive Engineering, Metal Trades and Allied Workers Union (PEMTAWU) in the face of opposition by General Engineering, Metal, Iron, Steel and Allied
Workers Union (GEMISAWU), National Engineering Workers Union (NEWU) and Automative and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AAWUZ). Background to the matter is that PEMTAWU applied for registration as a trade union in terms of section 33 of the Labour Act. Such registration was challenged by GEMISAWU, NEWU and AAWUZ. After hearing oral submissions and looking at documentary evidence tendered... More
