This is an urgent chamber application for an interdict. What can be gathered from the papers filed is the following. The applicant is the registered owner of mining claims held under claim numbers 47323, 47324, 47325, 47326 and 47327 which were issued by the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development in terms of the Mines and Minerals Act [Chapter 21:05] in May 2020. On 26 August 2020 the respondent was issued with a mining certificate under Shamva ‘X’ mine, registration number 47622 which mining claim falls on an area covered by the applicant’s mining claims. This resulted in a dispute... More
The applicant seeks recognition and registration of an arbitral award granted in its favour by an arbitrator. The parties entered into an agreement whereby the respondent would lease the applicant’s service station in Rusape for purposes of selling its fuel and petroleum products. The respondent operates several such service stations countrywide.
[2] A dispute arose between the parties as to when the lease agreement was set to expire. This was after the applicant wrote to respondent advising it of its intention to repossess the premises. Whether the respondent ought to have vacated the premises on the date that applicant argues... More
This is an application for summary judgment.
On 18 January 2010, the plaintiff issued summons out of this court seeking an order evicting the defendant from certain premises situate at number 19 guest Avenue, Alexander Park, Harare. The plaintiff also sought an order compelling the defendant to settle arrear rentals in the sum of US$ 9 500 and holding over damages at the rate of $500-00 per month from the date of summons to date of payment in full. It was the plaintiff’s allegation in the summons that the parties entered into an agreement of lease in terms of which... More
This is an urgent chamber application for a spoliation order that was filed by the applicant on 12 September 2007. It was allocated to me on 13 September 2007 and I set it down for hearing on 18 September 2007. All the respondents filed opposing papers. The applicant did not have an opportunity to file his answering affidavit as the opposing affidavits were filed on 17 September by the fourth respondent and during the hearing by the first to third respondents (the new farmers). More
On 22 September, 2016, we dismissed the above appeal, with each party to bear its own costs. On 16 May, 2017, the appellant wrote a letter to the Registrar asking for the reasons for judgment. This is what prompted us to write this judgment. More
