In Judgment Number LC/H/64/ 2023 issued on 28 February 2023 this Court( Honourable Musariri J ) in an appeal between the present parties and on the same matter allowed the appeal and made the following order:
‘1.The appeal be and is hereby allowed;
2. The Labour Officer ‘s Determination dated 11December 2020 is set aside; and
3. The matter is remitted to the respondent’s highest disciplinary body for the determination of an appropriate penalty for the respondent’s act of misconduct within the next 60 (sixty) days More
The facts of the matter may be summarised as follows: ZIMRA and the Union (“the parties”) are members of the National Employment Council (“Council”) for the ZIMRA Undertaking. The parties entered salary negotiations for the period of July 2023 to December 2023 and reached a deadlock. Subsequent to the deadlock the matter was referred to voluntary arbitration. The second and the third respondents were appointed arbitrators, the tribunal. More
This is a judgment on preliminary issues raised on behalf of the respondent.
[2]The background to this matter is as follows. The respondent was employed by the
appellant. A dispute arose between the parties in October 2012. Provisions of the appellant’s
employment code were invoked . There were delays involving conducting the disciplinary
proceedings. After the various delays which included postponements, which afflicted the
matter, the record shows that 10th October 2022 the respondent was notified to attend
disciplinary proceedings.
[3]The proceedings were set to be heard in terms of the a More
TAKUVA J: This is an application in which applicant seeks the registration of an arbitration award wherein first respondent was ordered to pay USD $295 200.00 as transport and housing allowances for the period of July 2022 to March 2023, USD$70434.00 as water allowance for the period July 2022 to March 2024, ZiG $1771686.00 for the period July 2022 to March 2024 USD $163779.54 as salaries for the period January to March 2024, USD$258000 for the period June 2022 to March 2024. Therefore, first respondent is to pay a total of USD$787413.54 and ZiG 1771686.00. More
: This is a court application for a declaratory order in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]
Background Facts
The first respondent in this matter, a body corporate formed in terms of the NSSA Act [chapter 17:04] entered into an agreement with the second respondent, a company incorporated in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. This was a Housing Offtake Agreement whereby the second respondent undertook to construct and deliver housing units to the first respondent. The applicant, an insurance company, became involved in this agreement after being approached by second respondent to issue a... More
The applicant was employed by the 1st respondent as a music teacher from 2009 up to July of 2024. The respondent is a primary school in Harare. The applicant alleged that he had fallen sick sometime in January 2024 and thus could not report for work on the subsequent days. The applicant further alleged that he had informed the headmaster, one Mr Zheve that he was ill. The applicant further averred that sometime in February of 2024, his father then received a
letter from the 1st respondent threatening the applicant with dismissal from service should he continue absenting himself from... More
CHAREWA J: This is an opposed application for contempt of court brought on the basis of failure to fully comply with an order of court ordering respondent to allocate and transfer stand number 2861 measuring 2035 square metres and stand number 2356 measuring 1969 square, to applicant within 14 days of the granting of the order wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:
“1. The respondent be and is hereby held to be in contempt of court in particular to the More
