Nyarota wins labour dispute against ANZ

The High Court has found against Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of The Daily News and ruled that the company should pay a total of $91 000 awarded by an arbitrator in 2012, to the newspaper's founding editor Geoffrey Nyarota following a labour dispute.

High Court judge, Justice Esther Muremba, made the ruling at the conclusion of a case that goes back to 2010 when ANZ summarily dismissed Nyarota after repatriating him from the United States in an arrangement that would have seen him preside over the re-launch of the newspaper, once it was registered by the Government, following its closure in 2003.

The company alleged that Nyarota did not have a contract when he returned to Zimbabwe in February 2010.