Betty Winji v Surface Wilmar (Pvt) Ltd

[2025] ZWLC 32

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

28 January 2025

Citation

[2025] ZWLC 32

Judgment No.

LC/H/32/25

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Review

Bench

Presiding

Kudya J

Full Bench

Kudya J

Areas of Law

Labour lawDisciplinary proceedingsReview procedure

Keywords

MisconductDismissalDomestic remediesReview vs appeal

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether applicant exhausted domestic remedies before approaching court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006 provides for appeal remedy"}
{"issue_text":"Whether disciplinary proceedings were procedurally flawed","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Allegations about discovery of documents and evidence not raised at hearing"}
{"issue_text":"Whether review grounds were actually appeal grounds in disguise","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Arguments about sufficiency of evidence and witness credibility"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicant employee was dismissed for misconduct involving alleged inflated vegetable prices and failure to follow procurement procedures. She sought review of the disciplinary proceedings, claiming procedural irregularities and that the guilty verdict was based on evidence not properly before the hearing.

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