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
TSANGA J:
The backdrop to this matter is a Will which was executed by the late Abraham Zaranyika who passed away in 2001. Mr Simplicious Chihambakwe, the first respondent herein, was appointed in the Will as the executor. In that Will, the deceased bequeathed among other assets, No 21 Van Praagh Avenue, Milton Park, in Harare to his wife Maud Zaranyika. She is the third respondent herein. The bequest was upon the condition that on her death or remarriage, the property would be held in a Trust called Abraham Zaranyika Trust for the benefit of stated beneficiaries. His desire did... More
This civil trial commenced on 11 December 2024. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the third, fourth and fifth defendants applied for absolution from the instance. The applications were made in terms of rule 56(6) of the High Court Rules, 2021 and were strenuously opposed by the plaintiff. The court permitted the defendants to file their applications in writing and set timelines for filing the relevant papers. Subsequently, the court heard oral arguments from the parties’ legal practitioners on 23 January 2025 and reserved its judgment. At the hearing, the court struck out the fourth and fifth defendants’ answering... More
This is an appeal against the decision of First Respondent.
The brief facts are that Appellant was employed by the Second Respondent in the ICT Department. The allegations are that Appellant was tasked to work with the LIT team in a bid to improve Second Respondent’s system. It is further averred that Appellant did not do as instructed and turned away the LIT team when it came to do business. It is further alleged that Appellant was instructed to complete the tasks assigned to her in May 2023 and failed or neglected to do them as instructed. Attempts to hold... More
This is an application for condonation of the late filing of an appeal. The matter has been hogged by various ‘stops and starts’ from inception. The Designated Agent for the Security Industry issued her determination on 31 July 2023. Applicants were supposed to file their appeal within 21 days, which they did. This was under Case Number LCH657/23. At the hearing of the matter on 12 February 2024 before Justice Kachambwa, the appeal was struck off the roll as it was deemed to be defective. An application for condonation of the appeal was filed under Case Number LCH209/24. This was... More
The applicant, who has been a self-representing litigant since the inception of the labour dispute between the parties eleven years ago, was employed by the second respondent, a company under corporate rescue under the stewardship of the first respondent as its corporate rescue practitioner, as a branch accountant on 1 July 2012. More
This is an application for condonation for late noting of an appeal and extension of time within which to file the appeal. The background of the matter is that applicant who was in the respondent’s employment as a National Training Centre Manager was brought before a disciplinary committee on allegations that he had sexually abused 2 of his subordinates who were female trainers with the respondent. More
