Mercy Mutoro v Alex Masiya N.O. and City of Harare

[2020] ZWLC 5

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

10 January 2020

Citation

[2020] ZWLC 5

Judgment No.

LC/H/05/20

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Condonation

Bench

Presiding

Mhuri J

Full Bench

Mhuri J

Areas of Law

Labour LawCivil Procedure

Keywords

condonationdelayfinancial incapacityLabour Actdisciplinary hearing

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether applicant provided satisfactory explanation for 5-month delay in filing condonation application","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Financial incapacity explanation, detailed founding affidavit prepared by November 2018"}

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Background

The applicant, a former employee of City of Harare, was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing on 13 December 2016. She challenged the dismissal at the National Employment Council, which ruled against her. On 7 February 2018, the first respondent filed an application to confirm this ruling, which was struck off on 2 October 2018. The applicant then filed an application for condonation of late filing of a review application on 18 March 2019, over two years after the original ruling and five months after the striking off of the confirmation application.

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