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Please take note that the order handed down on the 10th of November, 2023 under reference LC/H/ORD/878/23 carries the following errors and omissions; i. The Applicant was not in default but rather the Respondent was the one who was in default therefore the representative for the Applicant shall be amended from “in default” to “Mr S. Mwandiwanza.” (Legal Practitioner) ii. The legal practitioner’s name who appeared for the Applicant on 1 November (the date of the hearing) was misspelt as “Mr.S Mwandiwanzira” it is corrected to read as ‘Mr.S.Mwandiwanza’. More

This is an appeal against the respondents’ decision to dismiss the appellant. At the commencement of the hearing Ms Ndoro who appeared on behalf of the appellant indicated that in noting the appeal they relied on S92EE of the Labour Act, Chapter 28:01(the Act). Upon inquiry from the Court why they relied on S92EE of the Act when an appeal was under consideration it was stated that, that stance was adopted because the proceedings were tainted with bias. In addressing the Court both grounds for review and appeal were interchangeably referred to. Indeed paragraph 6 of the Heads of Argument... More

This is an appeal in terms of Rule 19 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. The appeal was noted as against the determination of the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee handed down on 14thApril, 2023. More

This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe (“the court a quo”), sitting as an appellate court at Harare, dated 9 October 2023. The part appealed against is the dismissal, by the court a quo,of the appellant’s appeal against both conviction and sentence. More

In this application, the applicant seeks the eviction of the first and second respondents from mining claims situate at Ascotvale Farm, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central. The order sought is couched in the following terms, that: i. The first respondent (equipment, goods, property and other chattels) and all those occupying through them, be and are hereby directed and ordered to forthwith vacate from a mining claim namely Rosary 101 (Certificate of Registration Number 39061 named Rosary 101) registered in the name of the 1st respondent situate on Ascotvale Farm, Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central. More

At the initial hearing of this matter Mr Madzvamuse applied for a postponement of this matter to enable the finalization of an application for joinder filed under HCH 1110/24. The court granted that application and this resulted in the joinder of 554 other applicants to a matter wherein there were initially 300 applicants. More

[1] The first applicant is a registered owner of certain mining claims in Chakari Kadoma. On 13 February 2024 the first applicant entered into a tribute agreement relating to those mining claims with the second applicant. The tribute agreement was registered on 15 March 2024. The second applicant subsequently entered into a mining agreement with the third applicant on 21 June 2024. More