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Labour Court
Foster Tapfumaneyi v City of Harare
[2013] ZWLC 466
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
27 September 2013
Citation
[2013] ZWLC 466
Judgment No.
LC/H/466/2013
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application
Bench
Presiding
B.T. Chivizhe, J.
Full Bench
B.T. Chivizhe, J.
Areas of Law
Labour lawDisciplinary proceedingsInterdicts
Keywords
unlawful suspensiondisciplinary hearingreinstatementconsent orderinterdict
Tags
urgent chamber applicationinterdictdisciplinary proceedings
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Labour Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the disciplinary hearing scheduled for 24 March 2011 was lawful","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Previous unlawful suspension, consent order, abandoned proceedings"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether respondent should be interdicted from proceeding with the hearing","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"17-month delay, same circumstances"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, a City of Harare employee, was unlawfully suspended in 2008-2009. After arbitration found the suspension unlawful, parties entered a consent order for reinstatement in September 2009. The respondent failed to conclude disciplinary proceedings from October 2009, then attempted to convene a new hearing in March 2011 based on the same facts.
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