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At the workplace Wenceslaus Murape
Appeals to the Labour Court must be on a point of law in accordance with Section 98 (10) of the Labour Act (CAP 28:01). The section reads: “Effect of reference to compulsory arbitration under Part XI and XII. An appeal on a question of law shall
Fear the Lord, not prophets
Nesbert MapfumoIn the Bible prophets were called and used by God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. The prophets were not using or manipulating God. “Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified
2 lawyers sworn in as Labour Court presidents
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTWO lawyers Mrs Lillian Kudya and Mrs Erica Ndewere were yesterday sworn in as Labour Court presidents. The pair’s appointment is set to reduce the backlog at the court. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku presided over the swearing in
Polygamist beds wives, in kids’ view
Fungai Lupande Court ReporterAN Epworth polygamist, who shares one room with his two wives and four children, yesterday told the civil court that he becomes intimate with the women in the presence of the minors. The eldest child is 13-years-old. The first wife Elizabeth Manyame
Brothers in court for rape
Noah Pito Herald CorrespondentTwo brothers from Chief Chundu’s area in Hurungwe last week appeared before a Karoi magistrate facing charges of raping a 23-year-old woman from the same area. Garikai Joseph (31) and brother Aaron (27) of Nyakasikana Village in the Chundu
School head accused of swindling parents
Court ReporterGROOMBRIDGE Primary School headmaster Stephen Akino allegedly swindled 30 parents seeking places for their children of more than US$2 000. Akino is alleged to have made parents of prospective pupils pay US$15 each on the pretext that it was
Executor faces criminal defamation charges
Court Reporter
TUDOR House executor Cecil Madondo has appeared in court facing criminal defamation charges after placing an advert in a local newspaper portraying a former workmate as a conman. Madondo (51) placed an advert in a local newspaper warning the
Zinwa might grind to a halt
Municipal Reporter
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority is owed more than US$98 million by debtors amid reports that its operations could grind to a halt unless urgent measures are taken to enforce payment. The debtors include farmers, Government departments,
Mayor now under police guard
Municipal Reporter
CHITUNGWIZA mayor Alderman Philimon Chipiyo is now staying under 24-hour municipal police guard following protracted threats over his life by fellow councillors implicated in land scams. The councillors accuse Ald Chipiyo of presiding over their
Council risks losing Chinese loan
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
HARARE City Council risks losing the US$145 million loan from the Chinese Import and Export Bank over Government’s failure to pay interest on a loan advanced to the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Industries, now NewZim Steel, in 1997. Once released, the