A Beitbridge pastor who was fired for reportedly being a ” dictator”, has taken legal action against the church in an effort to recover more than $16 000 in outstanding terminal benefits and salary arrears.
Rev Davison Mukandatsama was dismissed by Beitbridge Baptist Church in September last year, and has now approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking an order to register an arbitral award which was granted by the National Employment Council.
In his founding application, the arbitrator, who is party to Mukandatsama’s application says:
This is an application for registration of an order of the Labour Court in terms of section 92b (3) of the Labour Act for it to have the effect of a court order for purposes of enforcement. This was a labour dispute between second applicant (Rev Mukandatsama) and the respondent which was referred to me for conciliation at the Ministry of Labour in Beitbridge. The conciliation failed which in turn caused me to issue out a ruling in favour of the second applicant.
My ruling has not been honoured by the respondent, which caused me in my official capacity as arbitrator to approach the Labour Court seeking the endorsement of the ruling.
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