The first, second and third respondents have through their legal practitioners requested that I prepare and avail my reasons for the provisional order which I granted in favour of the applicant on 21 September 2017. This application is one of those unusual ones where family members fight each other tooth and nail over earthly riches. More
At the centre of this dispute is a company called WENTSO MILLING (PVT) LTD. The company is duly registered and incorporated in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe, which company operates a regulated gold mining and milling business in the Shamva area of Mashonaland Central in Zimbabwe. The company though a legal persona was not cited in these proceedings. The company was founded by the applicant WENDALL ROBERT PARSON and the third respondent VINYU TSOKA from where the name was derived- “Wen” for Wendall and “tso” for Tsoka. The applicant claims to be a 60% shareholder and director in the... More
On 23 November 2008, the parties got married in New Zealand and in terms of the marriage laws of that country. Subsequent upon their marriage, the parties migrated to South Africa and eventually to Zimbabwe, which country they both resolved and adopted as their permanent domicile, a fact which clothed this court with jurisdiction to deal with this matter as it did. Two children were born out of the marriage both of whom are still minors. More
This is an application for leave to produce an additional affidavit in terms of r 58(12) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The parties are embroiled in some dispute in a matter that is already pending before this court under HC 1968/21 (the main application). The first respondent is the applicant in that matter, while the second respondent is the first respondent. The applicant herein is the second respondent. In the main application, the first respondent seeks a mandamus to compel the second respondent herein to ensure that the applicant complies with its development permit. It also wants the second... More
