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Bizwayo Newton Nkunika V Lawrence Nyirenda And Electoral Commission Of Zambia 2019/Ccz/005 (1 March 2021), O'Brien Kaaba Nov 2022

Bizwayo Newton Nkunika V Lawrence Nyirenda And Electoral Commission Of Zambia 2019/Ccz/005 (1 March 2021), O'Brien Kaaba

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Toyota Motors South Africa (Pty) Ltd V Numsa Obo Njini And Others (D 692/19 [2022] Zalcd 12 (14 July 2022), Stephen Nkosi Nov 2022

Toyota Motors South Africa (Pty) Ltd V Numsa Obo Njini And Others (D 692/19 [2022] Zalcd 12 (14 July 2022), Stephen Nkosi

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This was an application in terms of s 145 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1966. Toyota sought to have the decision of the CCMA, ordering the re-instatement of Mr Lungile Njini - then an employee of Toyota for 17 years – be set aside, and that his dismissal be declared fair. The case represents an interesting interplay between the quest for discipline and productivity in the workplace and the right to exercise one’s constitutional right to culture as provided for in s 30 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act. This note is divided into …


Chapter One Foundation Limited And 2 Others V The Attorney General 2020/Ccz/0013 [2021], Florence Chumpuka, Mbaka Wadham May 2022

Chapter One Foundation Limited And 2 Others V The Attorney General 2020/Ccz/0013 [2021], Florence Chumpuka, Mbaka Wadham

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If Zambia is to achieve gender parity and the representation of youth and persons with disabilities in politics, the Constitutional Court must be committed to: a) interpreting the Constitution in a manner which aligns with the principles and values set out in the Constitution, and b) Constitutional Court needs to offer extensive well-reasoned analysis of the Constitution within context of the laws’ purpose.


Mubita Mwananuka V Armaguard Security Caz Appeal No. 201/2021, O'Brien Kaaba May 2022

Mubita Mwananuka V Armaguard Security Caz Appeal No. 201/2021, O'Brien Kaaba

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The Court of Appeal of Zambia, in the case of Mubita Mwananuka v Armaguard Security CAZ Appeal No. 201/2021, delivered a Ruling on 3rd August 2022 to divest the High Court General List of jurisdiction over employment matters. I argue that this decision is in clear violation of the Constitution and demonstrates bewildering disregard of precedents by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, which bind the Court of Appeal.


George Mwanza And Melvin Beene V Attorney General Select Judgment No 33 Of 2019, O'Brien Kaaba Apr 2022

George Mwanza And Melvin Beene V Attorney General Select Judgment No 33 Of 2019, O'Brien Kaaba

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The case came to the Supreme Court by way of appeal from the High Court. The two appellants were inmates at Lusaka Central Prison. It turned out that the appellants were HIV positive and were on Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART). The medical condition and treatment required that they be provided with food of a balanced diet in line with their medical condition.

The prison authorities, however, only provided limited quantities of maize sump for breakfast; maize meal (nshima) with dry sardines for lunch and super.2 The food was often rotten and contained foreign particles. Not only was it of of poor …