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This is an appeal against the decision of the designated agent who found that appellant was guilty of habitual neglect of his duties and penalised him with dismissal. Facts of the matter are that appellant was accused of habitual neglect of duty where it was said that he was in the habit of taking sick time off and upon expiration of the sick leave he would not come back to work thus prejudicing the operations of the respondent where the appellant’s duties involved team work with a colleague who would end up working alone in appellant’s absence to the detriment... More

In 2006, respondent registered a company called Secam Productions (Pvr) Ltd which specialized in video sales. The directors were the respondent, holding 70% of the shares, Nobuhle Mpofu with 20% shares and Sikhanyiso Dube with 10% shares. Respondent and 1st and 2nd applicants are former employees of a company called Zambezi Helicopter Company, a company providing helicopter rides in Victoria Falls. Respondent and 1st applicant entered into an agreement for mutual termination of employment with their employer, in which they were given an opportunity to run their own video business and were immediately to resign as employees of Zambezi Helicopter... More

The following are the grounds of appeal and I quote: 1. ‘The Tribunal a quo erred and misdirected itself on a point of law in failing to appreciate that the essential elements of the offence of embezzlement had not been proven. More

The major issue to be decided in this case is whether a party is entitled to seek audience in order to make oral submissions on urgency where a judge has made a decision that the matter is not urgent and ordered that the case should be struck off the roll of urgent matters with reasons which appear on the face of such order. In the case at hand, the applicants filed an urgent chamber application on the 17th of July 2024 seeking an interim order to interdict the 1st and 2nd respondents from carrying out mining activities at the disputed... More

On the 6th of April 2021, the plaintiff caused a summons to be issued from this Court praying for a decree of divorce, and sharing of marital property. Maintenance was to continue being regulated by the extant order of the Kwekwe maintenance court. The defendant entered an appearance to defend and the matter progressed to trial leading to this judgment. More

This is an appeal against a determination by the Respondents’ Chief Executive Officer sitting in his capacity as an Appeals Authority. The determination which was handed down on 3rd of June, 2020, in its operative part, dismissed the appeal noted by the now Appellant against the determination of the disciplinary committee. Secondly, the appeals authority upheld a cross appeal by the now Respondent, thereby setting aside the lesser penalty imposed by the respondents’ Disciplinary Committee and substituting it with a heavier penalty of dismissal from respondent’s employment with immediate effect. The Respondent was also directed to recover from the Appellant... More

This is an appeal against the whole decision of the respondent’s chief executive officer sitting as the internal appeals officer dated 15 December 2023. This appeal is opposed.The appellant was employed by Ilala Lodge (the respondent) as a guest relations officer sometime in 2022. In November 2023 the appellant allegedly received a sum of money from a senior employee that was meant for the tips box. The appellant was subsequently suspended from employment pending a disciplinary hearing which was then held on 28 November 2023. The disciplinary authority found the appellant guilty of corruption and the appellant was dismissed from... More