Winsley Militala, died testate on the 10th of January 2021. (Hereinafter Winsley or the decedent). During his life time, he married Petronella Tendai Militala customarily in 1991 and then upgraded this to a civil marriage in 1998. (Hereinafter Petronella or the plaintiff). Together they had three children, one of whom sadly predeceased his father by 10 days on the 30th of December 2020. Winsley also sired two other children out of wedlock in 1997 and another in 2014. He left the matrimonial home in 2014 and formally filed for divorce in 2017. At the time of his death in 2021,... More
Applicant applied for leave to appeal this Court’s judgement referenced LCH 180/24 to the Supreme Court. The application was made in terms of section 92F (2) of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 as read with Rule 43 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. Respondent opposed the application. More
1. This is an application for review of the second respondent’s decision refusing to discharge the applicant at the close of the case for the prosecution. The applicant, a former Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, is appearing before the first respondent (a Regional Magistrate) sitting as a Designated Anti- Corruption Court at Harare on trial on the main charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer and the alternative charge of defeating or obstructing the course of justice as defined, respectively, in ss 174(1)(a) and 184(1)(e) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]... More
A dispute has arisen between the parties over proceeds from the sale of hemp. In that respect, applicant seeks an order directing the respondents to pay an amount of US$35,000 based principally on a document framed in the following terms; More
The applicant was employed by the respondent as a manager at its Kariba Branch. Sometime in October 2014 he was asked to sign a ‘Company Document and New Buying Policy’ ( the document). He refused to sign the said document .As a result of his refusal to sign the document he was charged with willful disobedience to a lawful order in violation of provisions of S4(b) of the Labour ( National Employment Code of Conduct ) Regulations , Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006.Disciplinary proceedings were conducted against him. He was convicted and was penalized with dismissal. Aggrieved by the decision... More
At the onset of oral argument in this Court, respondent raised two (2) points in limine which appellant opposed. The points shall be dealt with ad seriatim.
A. That the appeal is fatally defective for want of valid grounds of appeal:
B. That the relief sought is incompetent More
This is an application for review in the matter between Pianos Mubaiwa (employee) and BOC Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd. (former employer).
The following are the relevant background facts to the matter. The Applicant was employed by the 1st Respondent from 2002 until 2021 when he was dismissed. He was at the time of his dismissal occupying the position of a Distribution Officer. More
