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Labour Court
Ngoni Mukanwa v Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company
[2016] ZWLC 199
Case Details
Court
Labour Court
Date
8 April 2016
Citation
[2016] ZWLC 199
Judgment No.
LC/H/199/16
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
F C Maxwell
Full Bench
F C Maxwell
Areas of Law
Labour lawEmployment disciplinary proceedings
Keywords
Abuse of officeDismissalInternal appealsDisciplinary hearingInsufficient evidenceDisproportionate penalty
Tags
Disciplinary appealInternal appealDismissalAbuse of office
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Labour Act
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Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain the charge of abuse of office","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellant's instruction to crew, use of company resources, lack of authorization"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the penalty of dismissal was grossly disproportionate to the misconduct","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Nature of misconduct, Code of Conduct provisions"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Appellant employee was dismissed for abuse of office after instructing crew members to illegally construct an MV line to a private house using company resources without authorization. Internal appeal was unsuccessful.
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