DAVID     MOYO

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RURAL     ELECTRIFICATION     AGENCY

SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE

ZIYAMBI JA, GWAUNZA JA & PATEL JA

HARARE, JANUARY 27, 2014

T. Magwaliba, for the appellant

R. Chingwena, for the respondent

ZIYAMBI JA:           The appellant was employed by the respondent as an Accounting Officer.  On 22 May 2009 he was handed a letter suspending him from his employment on charges of habitual and substantial neglect of duties in terms of s 4(g) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations, 2006, (“the Regulations”) and inviting him to attend a disciplinary hearing on 29 May 2009.  He was advised in the letter of his right to appear in person or with a legal representative and was warned that in the event of his non attendance, the hearing would proceed in his absence and possibly to his detriment.