Tichahleyi Mpofu v Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund & Anor

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the 2nd respondent was biased and had an interest in the cause, warranting recusal.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"2nd respondent's financial relationship with 1st respondent, preparation of opinion, refusal to recuse."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the disciplinary proceedings were vitiated by gross irregularity due to the improper composition of the disciplinary authority.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Exclusion of the second panel member (Engineer Siyaketshana) from decision-making."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the reliance on untendered documentary evidence (contract of employment) constituted a gross irregularity.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Attachment of contract to judgment without it being produced in evidence."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the decision of the disciplinary authority was grossly irrational or irregular.","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Failure to amend the charge despite conceded error; alleged failure to consider submissions."}

Background