SOS Children’s Villages v Batsirai Chipunga

[2025] ZWLC 134

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

4 November 2024

Citation

[2025] ZWLC 134

Judgment No.

LC/H/134/2025

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Condonation

Bench

Presiding

Kudya J

Full Bench

Kudya J

Areas of Law

Labour LawEmployment Law

Keywords

condonationlate noting of appealreinstatementdisciplinary proceedingsNational Employment Council

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether condonation for late noting of appeal should be granted","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Previous appeal struck off for absence of records; records now available"}
{"issue_text":"Whether determination based on extraneous facts is a point of law","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"NEC relied on report not used at shop floor level"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The respondent employee was dismissed for dishonesty and professional misconduct. He appealed internally without success but succeeded at the National Employment Council which ordered his reinstatement. The applicant employer sought to appeal this reinstatement order but failed to do so timeously when the appeal was struck off for absence of records.

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