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
The applicant has applied for bail pending appeal following his conviction and sentencing in the Regional Magistrates Court at Harare Magistrates Court on a charge of contravening section 65(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] commonly referred to as rape. Applicant was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment 5 years of which were suspended for 5 years on condition of good behaviour leaving an effective sentence of 15 years imprisonment. The applicant noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence on the following grounds – Ad conviction
The court a quo erred and misdirected 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
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
