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Gideon Gono's property to be auctioned
02 Jun 2015 at 06:36hrs | Views
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono's company, Lunar Chickens, has lost an assortment of office furniture that is being auctioned by a former employee who is trying to recover salary arrears and damages for unlawful dismissal.
The former Lunar Chickens worker, Mativenga Hove, obtained an arbitral award against the firm for outstanding salaries and damages for loss of employment to the tune of $29,251 in February last year.
The firm unsuccessfully appealed against the award at the Labour Court and the award was registered as a court judgment at the High Court recently, paving way for the attachment of the property. The property will now be sold at a public auction on Thursday.
The property to go under the hammer includes 10 office desks, wooden cabinets, 15 swivel chairs, four armchairs, a three-piece apple computer set, six four-piece computer sets, five four-drawer steel filing cabinets, three piece maroon rexin seats, three three-piece black rexin sofas, three piece rexin reception seats, a wooden stool, three office chairs, two synerji fans, a Xerox printer, an HP photocopier, a Capri deep freezer, HP printers and a Defy microwave.
The labour dispute ended in the courts after Hove's contract of employment was unfairly terminated. Sometime in July 2013, an arbitrator, a P Chawira, made an arbitration award in favour of Hove. Lunar Chickens then appealed to the Labour Court against the award.
In its grounds of appeal, Lunar Chickens argued that the arbitrator erred in finding that the disciplinary committee was biased against Hove. It was also the firm's argument that the arbitrator misdirected herself in finding that the allegations levelled against Hove were malicious and frivolous. At the hearing of the appeal, Lunar Chickens was challenged to prove its case, but failed. Labour Court Judge, Justice Godfrey Musariri, threw out the appeal for lack of merit.
The former Lunar Chickens worker, Mativenga Hove, obtained an arbitral award against the firm for outstanding salaries and damages for loss of employment to the tune of $29,251 in February last year.
The firm unsuccessfully appealed against the award at the Labour Court and the award was registered as a court judgment at the High Court recently, paving way for the attachment of the property. The property will now be sold at a public auction on Thursday.
The labour dispute ended in the courts after Hove's contract of employment was unfairly terminated. Sometime in July 2013, an arbitrator, a P Chawira, made an arbitration award in favour of Hove. Lunar Chickens then appealed to the Labour Court against the award.
In its grounds of appeal, Lunar Chickens argued that the arbitrator erred in finding that the disciplinary committee was biased against Hove. It was also the firm's argument that the arbitrator misdirected herself in finding that the allegations levelled against Hove were malicious and frivolous. At the hearing of the appeal, Lunar Chickens was challenged to prove its case, but failed. Labour Court Judge, Justice Godfrey Musariri, threw out the appeal for lack of merit.
Source - chronicle
