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Daily Mirror arbitration case hits snag
MISA-Zimbabwe
November 22, 2005

An independent labour tribunal set up to probe the ouster of Dr Ibbo Mandaza from his Zimbabwe Mirror Newspapers Group (ZMNG) failed to proceed with the hearings after parties to the dispute failed to agree on the need for independent arbitration.

The panel led by retired Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay, had been expected to proceed with the hearings on 21 November in Harare.

The panel had been set up after High Court Judge Justice Bharat Patel referred the matter in which Mandaza is contesting his suspension from the publishing company to an independent panel led by a retired judge.

However, the parties reportedly failed to agree as to whether the matter should proceed by way of arbitration after lengthy consultations on the circumstances and intentions leading to the order given by the High Court judge.

ZMNG board chairman Jonathan Kadzura suspended Mandaza, who is also the Group’s founding chief executive officer and editor-in-chief on 3 October 2005. The ZMNG publishes the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror.

Mandaza, however, filed an urgent application to the High Court seeking nullification of his suspension arguing that the board had no powers to suspend him as he was the sole owner of the company.

The court referred the matter to an independent labour tribunal.

Mandaza is arguing that his suspension was illegal, unprocedural and highly irregular.

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