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Labour Court
Jelta Bere v Jacob Bethel Corporation (Zimbabwe) (Pvt) Ltd and Another
[2024] ZWLC 4
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
22 May 2024
Citation
[2024] ZWLC 4
Judgment No.
LC/H/4/25
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Review
Bench
Presiding
Kudya J
Full Bench
Kudya J
Areas of Law
Labour lawDisciplinary proceedingsReview of administrative action
Keywords
disciplinary hearingarbitrator appointmentbiasreinstatementreview grounds
Tags
disciplinary reviewunfair dismissalarbitrator biasprocedural irregularity
legislation
Statutes Cited
- High Court Act
- Labour Court Rules, 2017
- Labour Court Rules, 2017
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether Dzobo's appointment as disciplinary authority was lawful","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Dzobo was external labour consultant, no board resolution"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether Dzobo exhibited bias during proceedings","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Dzobo made comments ahead of employer's answers"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether MD could be both complainant and witness","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"MD was aggrieved party but only acted as complainant"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether dismissal was predetermined","issue_type":"factual","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"MD's utterances about broken trust"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether arbitrator could impose dismissal penalty","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Dzobo imposed dismissal as penalty"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, a Personal Assistant employed for 3 years, was dismissed after being found guilty by disciplinary authority Dzobo (N.O.) of deleting emails from the Managing Director's account. The applicant sought review of the disciplinary proceedings alleging procedural irregularities and bias.
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