Samuel Charles Tsvangirai and Tawanda Mashona v Baking Industrial Workers Union and Brian Bonderai N.O and Jefta Muvunzi N.O

HH 753-18

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

21 November 2018

Citation

HH 753-18

Neutral Citation

[2018] ZWHH 753

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

Chatukuta J

Full Bench

Chatukuta J

Areas of Law

Labour LawTrade Union LawAdministrative Law

Keywords

Trade unionOffice bearer removalNational CouncilNational CongressJurisdictionReview vs Declaratory relief

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the application seeking declaratory relief was in fact an application for review","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Application filed 14 weeks after decision, seeking to challenge procedure"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the National Council had jurisdiction to remove the applicants from office","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"no (not reached due to procedural dismissal)","related_facts":"Applicants argued only National Congress had such power"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicants remained office bearers despite losing employment","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"no (not reached due to procedural dismissal)","related_facts":"Employment termination in 2015, removal in 2016"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

The applicants, elected as President and National Treasurer of the Baking Industrial Workers Union at its 2015 National Congress, were removed from office by the National Council in May 2016 after losing their employment in the baking industry. They challenged this removal, arguing that only the National Congress had the power to remove them and that they remained office bearers despite losing employment.

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