The Herald (Harare)  Zimbabwe: Zimra Ordered to Reinstate
Employee  The Labour Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Revenue
Authority to reinstate a revenue specialist it had fired for
buying a vehicle in South Africa during the Zimbabwe dollar era.
Andrew Dlomo bought the vehicle using foreign currency at a time
when he was earning his salary in local currency. The vehicle
was bought for US$2 000. This exceeded the amount allowed for
people crossing the border to South Africa at the time.  Zimra
fired Dlomo after a disciplinary hearing on the basis that he
had failed to explain how he got the money.  In his defence,
Dlomo had claimed that a relative in South Africa gave him the
vehicle as a gift.  To prove his case Dlomo produced an
affidavit by his cousin supporting his assertion. But the
disciplinary committee ruled that the affidavit was not
conclusive evidence of the source of the foreign currency.
After his dismissal Dlomo unsuccessfully appealed against the
disciplinary committee decision before approaching