2. The appellant is a former employee of the respondent, having been employed as the school Headmaster on 28 February 2020. The respondent is a private school in Harare.
3. The appellant was charged with misconduct as defined in s 4 (a) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations, SI 15 of 2006 (The Labour Regulations). He was facing allegations that he fraudulently allowed a student from Sandringham High School to participate in classes without paying any tuition fees to the school and without informing the respondent. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court (the court a quo) handed down on 9 March 2023. The court a quo dismissed the appellant’s appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Hearing Authority which dismissed him from employment. More
This is an urgent court application in which the applicant seeks the following relief:
“1. That the actions of the respondents (sic) or their lawful agents in taking over the property at Stand 836 and 837 Mazoe is an act of spoliation.
2. The respondent or any of their agents are hereby ordered to restore possession of Stand 836 and 837 Mazoe District to the applicants (sic) forthwith.
3. That it is hereby ordered that any other person is barred from interfering with the premises on Stand 836 and 837 Mazoe District without a lawful cause and order of the... More
This is an appeal at the instance of the employer and a cross appeal at the instance of the employee. These appeals arise out of the following background:
The employee was in the employer’s employment as an Area Controller for Karoi 2 Area. He was accused of acting contrary to the conditions of his employment and performing his duties in an incompetent or inefficient manner. More
The applicant, a legal entity, is a relentless litigator. It has been in and out of this court on not less than five occasions. It has taken some of its cases to the Supreme Court on not less than two occasions. In all the stated effort, its aim and object, it states, were to wrestle Stand 11, Bulawayo Light Industrial Site of Bulawayo Township Lands (“the property”) which is held under Deed of Transfer 462/1977 from the first respondent to itself. More
This matter took unduly long to conclude. It was initially intercepted by a robustly contested point in limine challenging the court`s exercise of jurisdiction. The ensuing interlocutory arguments resulted in the decision of Matthew Rosenfeldt v The Brackenhill Trust & 4 Ors HH 348-23. That matter dealt extensively with the issue of definition of a commercial dispute. More
The procedural overburden which suffocated resuscitation of distressed companies under Zimbabwe`s old Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:04] and Companies Act [ Chapter 24:03] was articulated by MALABA CJ in Metallon Gold Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd & 3 Ors v Shatirwa Investments (Pvt) Ltd & 3 Ors SC 107-21. In the same decision, the Learned Chief Justice dwelt, with equal acuity, on the significant changes to the corporate rescue process introduced by the new Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:07] . More
