Union Makumbe v Telecel Zimbabwe

JUDGMENT NO LC/H/292/16

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Case Details

Court

Labour Court

Date

21 March 2016

Citation

JUDGMENT NO LC/H/292/16

Neutral Citation

[2016] ZWLC 292

Judgment No.

LC/H/292/16

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Appeal

Bench

Presiding

E Muchawa

Full Bench

E Muchawa

Areas of Law

Employment LawLabour Relations

Keywords

dismissalsecurity supervisorgross unsatisfactory work performancedeployment of securitydiligence

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether there is evidence that the appellant deployed security to non-existent and unjustifiable sites","issue_type":"fact","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Deployment of security to Rukudzo Primary School, Damafalls, and Hatfield Telone; appellant's role in security deployment"}
{"issue_text":"Whether a charge of gross incompetence was proved","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellant's failure to supervise, lack of work plan, failure to produce site security reports"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the penalty of dismissal was proper and reasonable","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The dismissal penalty imposed by the disciplinary hearing committee"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The appellant, a security supervisor, was dismissed for gross incompetence after allegedly deploying security services to non-existent and undeserving sites, resulting in significant financial loss. The appellant denied direct responsibility for the deployments and argued that the charge was not proved and the penalty was too harsh.

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