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This application for summary judgment, which on the face of it, is based on an instalment sale agreement between the applicant and first respondent over property house stand number, 978 Wattle Close, West View, Kadoma, also known as number 978, of 960 Gatooma Township, Gatooma. More

The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming a total of USD32 861.00 (Thirty – two Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty – One United States Dollars), being an amount arising from personal loans advanced to the defendant in August 2017 and June 2019, plus interest at the prescribed rate from the due date of payment to the date of final payment. The plaintiff seeks an order compelling the defendant to settle the loan obligation in United States dollars (USD), arguing that the loan was a foreign obligation not affected by the provisions of Statutory Instrument 33 of 2019 (“SI 33/19”)... More

These are two appeals which, by agreement of the parties at the pre-trial hearing [PTH], would be determined together because of the similarities of the issues. No facts were in dispute. Therefore, viva voce evidence was dispensed with. The parties filed a very concise statement of agreed facts. More

[1]This is an application for review. The applicant raises the following three grounds : ‘1.The absence of jurisdiction on the part of the arbitrator or adjudicating authority concerned. 2.Gross irregularities in the disciplinary proceedings that led to applicant’s dismissal. 3.Interest in the cause , bias , malice or corruption on the part of the arbitrator or adjudicating authority concerned.’ Review proceedings are provided for in the Labour Act Chapter 28:01 ( the Act) as follows: More

This is an urgent chamber application brought forth to stop execution of an order of this court under Judgment number HB 191-24. The said order extended time lines within which the parties had to undergo arbitration proceedings that had been authorized by a previous consent order. More

The parties in this application are as follows: The first applicant is Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, a statutory corporate body established in terms of the Parks and Wildlife Management Act [ Chapter 20:14]. The second applicant is the minister of Environment; Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Management. The second applicant is assigned by the President the administration of the Parks and Wild Life Management Act. The first respondent is Suscaden Investments (Pvt) Ltd a duly registered Zimbabwe company. The second respondent is Big Five Safaris (Pvt) Ltd and like the first respondent is a duly registered Zimbabwe company. The... More

This is an application for review at the instance of the applicant employee. He is unhappy about the manner in which a labour dispute where he was accused of breaching the employment Code of Conduct by carrying in his motor vehicle unauthorised passengers was handled. His major disquiet is that the employer breached the Code of Conduct in a variety of respects thus rendering the proceedings leading to his dismissal a nullity and a subject for a denovo hearing in his matter following the Code to the letter More