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
1. This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court of Zimbabwe (the court a quo) handed down on 30 September 2022. The court a quo allowed an appeal by the respondent against the decision of a designated agent in which the agent had set aside the retrenchment of the appellants and ordered their reinstatement or payment of damages in lieu of the reinstatement. More
There has been an inordinate delay in the hand down of this judgement. This was partly due to the voluminous record of proceedings and the number of issues that needed resolution. I extend my sincere apologies to the litigants notwithstanding. More
Applicant approached the Labour Officer for relief in terms of section 93 of the Act. First Respondent raised a point in limine to the effect that the matter was now prescribed, and in terms of section 94, the labour officer could not proceed to entertain the matter. A Certificate of No Settlement was issued and the matter referred to arbitration. The Arbitrator determined that the labour officer was not empowered to conciliate on the matter of prescription. First Respondent took up the matter with this Court. This Court, in a judgment rendered on 3 March 2025, determined that the findings... More
The applicants who all claim to be former employees of the respondent approached this court for the registration of a determination issued by the Designated Agent of the National Employment Council for the Welfare and Educational Institutions in Zimbabwe (hereafter referred to as the NECWEI) on 19 April 2023. In addition, the More
