Zimra ordered to reinstate employee

This exceeded the amount allowed for people crossing the border to South Africa at the time.
Zimra fired Dlomo after a discipli­nary hearing on the basis that he had failed to explain how he got the money.
In his defence, Dlomo had claimed that a relative in South Africa gave him the vehicle as a gift.
To prove his case Dlomo produced an affidavit by his cousin supporting his assertion. But the disciplinary commit­tee ruled that the affidavit was not con­clusive evidence of the source of the foreign currency.
After his dismissal Dlomo unsuc­cessfully appealed against the discipli­nary committee decision before approaching the Labour Court.
Labour Court president Mrs Euna Makamure quashed the discipli­nary committee decision. She accepted sub­missions by Dlomo that Zimra failed to prove a case against him and he ought to have been acquitted.
“There was no proof that Dlomo had a certain amount of the then local cur­rency which was illegally exchanged into foreign currency,” she said, order­ing Zimra to reinstate Dlomo with full benefits.