On 10 February 2025 Applicant applied to this Court for condonation of a belated appeal. The application was made in terms of Rule 22 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017.
Respondent opposed the application. The applicant’s founding affidavit stated that,
“(1) Extent and reasonableness of delay. As explained earlier, the first award (dated 17
June 2024) had not yet been quantified so I felt that appealing against it would pose a legal challenge if I felt I had to also appeal against the quantified award so that I file the appeal against both awards a at the same time. The... More
The relationship between applicant and respondent is one of employer/employee. Following labour disputes, applicant approached the labour court under case No. HCH 381/23 seeking inter alia an order setting aside the decision of the respondent’s disciplinary authority and reinstatement of his employment with full benefits. The matter was removed from the roll to enable applicant to furnish the necessary and relevant documents in terms of R 19(1)(b) and 20(1)(b) of the Labour Court Rules 2017. More
The Applicant approached the court seeking to be condoned for seeking the review of the Master’s decision to confirm the account and close Estate Late Robert Gabriel Mugabe DR 2703/19 pending the determination of his claim against the estate by the first Respondent out of time.
Background
The factual background of the matter is outlined in the F More
This is a chamber application for contempt of court filed in terms of rule 79(1) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The applicant seeks to enforce the order of this court handed down by MHURI J in Case No. HC 1324/17 on 17 August 2023 (reference judgment number HH 493/23) against the first and second respondents. The applicant seeks the following relief: More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (court a quo) sitting at Bulawayo as an appellate court and handed down on 30 October 2024 under judgment number HB-42-25. The court a quo dismissed an appeal by the appellant against a judgment of the Magistrates Court. The Magistrates Court had dismissed an application for interpleader in which the appellant was the claimant. More
This appeal is against the judgment of the Magistrates Court sitting at Victoria Falls, handed down on 16 May 2024, dismissing an interpleader claim by the appellant. We engaged counsel at the beginning of the appeal hearing regarding what appeared to us to have been a splitting of the appeal. That engagement was because a few days previously, we had dealt with another appeal arising from the same proceedings as this appeal did, albeit by a different appellant. We ultimately decided not to go back to that issue. More
This matter pertains to two matters being case numbers HCH1754/24 and case number HC1978/24 which cases were consolidated under case number HC4083/24. The consolidation was proper as the two cases share common facts whence forth each litigant seeks relief upon. Apparently, the legal issues are so intertwined such that the resolution of one of them likely settles the other.
For clarity the following is the relief sought by each litigant More
