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The Appellant was employed by the Respondent as an Engineering Manager. He was charged with three counts of habitual and substantial neglect of duties. Following a full disciplinary hearing the disciplinary hearing official found him guilty and subsequently dismissed him from employment. More

Possession of 6,5kg of dagga invariably attracts a sentence in the range of 36 months imprisonment with a portion suspended on the usual conditions where the accused is a first offender. In this case the appellant admitted possession of the dagga. He produced a paper trail of documents that showed that he was taking the dagga to South Africa to an identified company for testing and research. This was not disproved by the State. Where an accused presents the reason for possession, it is incumbent upon the trial Court to take that explanation into consideration in sentencing the accused. In... More

On the 4th November 2021 at Harare, S. Nehohwa, in her capacity as a Designated Agent (DA) made a determination. She ordered appellant (employer) to pay respondent (employee) various amounts of money in respect of the salaries and benefits of the unexpired portion of the parties’ employment contract which had been “unlawfully” terminated. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”) dated 28 February 2023. In that judgment, the court a quo dismissed the appellant’s application for review of the respondent’s decision to withdraw his offer letter in respect of Subdivision 3 of Ingleborough Farm in Mazowe (the “farm”). More

This is an application for condo ation for late noting of appeal . It is opposed. The applicant is a former employee of the respondent. On 7th June 2021 he was dismissed from the respondent’s employ following disciplinary proceedings for gross negligence in violation of Part V , Schedule III, Section 21.11 of the applicable code of conduct. His internal appeal to the respondent’s Appeals Committee was noted on 16th June 2021. The appeal was dismissed on 7th September 2023, more than 26 months later. He was aggrieved by that decision and therefore intends to appeal to this Court. He... More

This is an application for custody and sole guardianship of a minor child. Applicant is the biological mother of three minor children subject of this matter. First respondent is the biological father. The minor children were born on 1 October 2009, 30 June 2012 and 1 May 2017, out of a marriage contracted on 3 August 2015. Applicant stated in the founding affidavit that the first respondent and herself started staying together as husband and wife in terms of an unregistered customary law union in 2008. Divorce proceedings are pending and the issue of the custody of the minor children... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”) sitting at Harare, dated 19 October 2022 dismissing the appellant’s claim for specific performance of a verbal contract it had entered into with the respondent, alternatively, if specific performance is no longer feasible, cancellation of the contract and an award of damages for breach of contract. More