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This is an appeal against an arbitral decision by arbitrator Honourable Chenyika made on 27 May 2024 where he ruled that: - (i) “Claimants be immediately reinstated to their position as plant operators. (ii) Claimants as plant operators be placed back onto the grade 11 scale of the NEC Mining Industry Job evaluation system without loss of salary and benefits with effect from 01 July 2020. (iii) The parties, claimants as represented by ZDAMWU and the respondent are to meet within 14 days of receiving this award, to quantify the financial prejudice suffered by claimants as a result of implementation... More

The applicants approached this court seeking an order couched in the following manner: “1. The 1st Respondent be and is hereby compelled to allow the Applicant access to inspect and make copies of all the documents contained within the files of the mining claims: More

Defendant (the parties) entered into a registered civil marriage on 30 April 1994 and were blessed with two children who have since reached majority status. On 17 February 2020, Plaintiff issued summons against the Defendant claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. In his declaration, Plaintiff stated that the parties have not lived together as husband and wife for a period exceeding twelve (12) months, have now lost love and affection for each other and reconciliation is no longer possible. Plaintiff also stated that, during the subsistence of their marriage, the Defendant and himself acquired one immovable property namely... More

This is an opposed chamber application for condonation for non-compliance with rr 55(5) and 70(2) and for reinstatement of an appeal deemed dismissed in terms of r 70 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules, 2018. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the designated agent who dismissed appellant’s claim for alleged non - payment of allowances. The background to the matter is that the respondent Bantwana engaged the appellant as a result based management intern from March to August 2023. Bantwana stated in the offer letter that it would pay Robert the employee $300 USD per month less NSSA and tax amounts. At the expiration of the contract Robert sought to recover from Bantwana subsistence allowances for the 143 days that he was in Bantwana’s employ. Bantwana refused to pay him that but offered... More

[1] The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant out of this court on 24 April 2024. The claim as endorsed on the face of the summons is for the following relief: i. “Payment in the sum of US$60 000.00 payable in local currency at the prevailing exchange rate, being damages suffered by the plaintiff arising from breach of professional duty of care as a conveyancer which duty was owed to the plaintiff who was purchasing an immovable property. The defendant failed to exercise reasonable care, skill and diligence when drafting an agreement of sale of the immovable property in which... More

1. This is an appeal against the whole arbitral award handed down by Arbitrator, Ms B. Garudzo on the 21st of March 2024 dismissing Appellant’s entire claim. The Appellant raised five grounds of appeal couched as follows: 1.1 “Arbitrator erred in her findings that there was no evidence of the claim of tender commission fees although she acknowledged that unwritten contra is valid and binding. This finding is a misdirection of facts which amounts to a misdirection in law More