A.        TIMOTHY KUWIZA SANGO

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(1)        THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF MANICALAND, CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF CENTRAL AFRICA

(2) THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

(3) THE MINISTER OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

B.        EDWARD DUMBURA

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(1)        THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF MANICALAND, CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF CENTRAL AFRICA

(2) THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

(3) THE MINISTER OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE

CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, GWAUNZA JCC, GOWORA JCC,

HLATSHWAYO JCC, PATEL JCC, GUVAVA JCC, MAVANGIRA AJCC & BHUNU AJCC

HARARE, OCTOBER 22, 2014 & MARCH 28, 2018

L Uriri, for the applicants

A P de Bourbon SC, for the first respondent

No appearance for the second and third respondents

            MALABA DCJ:        These are two separate applications which are substantially similar, in that they raise the same issues and seek the same kind of relief against the same respondent church.

BACKGROUND

            The applicants are employed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education as full-time civil servants. The applicants were deputy headmasters at St. David’s Bonda High School and St. Mathias Tsonzo High School respectively. Both schools were established and are administered by the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (“the Anglican Church”) through the first respondent. The second respondent employs all civil servants; whilst the third respondent is responsible for the deployment of civil servants in the education sector through relevant regional administrative offices. The third respondent is tasked with the responsibility of supervising all civil servants employed in the education sector. The applicants report to the third respondent.