The court is seized with two applications. In HC 6250/12 application is made for rescission of judgment in terms of Order 9 r 63 of the High Court Rules 1971. The relief sought is as follows: More
The applicant appeared before the magistrate at Harare on 8 February, 2021 on initial remand on allegations of having committed the offence of robbery committed in aggravating circumstances as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicant was charged together with a co-accused, one Gift Moffat. The brief details of the charge were that on 2 February, 2021 at around 19:00 hours the applicant and his co- accused and three other accomplices still at large proceeded into the Harare City Centre in a vehicle owned and driven by an outstanding accused Arnold... More
This application has more questions than it has answers to them. At its centre are two farms [“the farms”]. These are Doondo and Sholliver. Doondo is registered under deed of transfer number 1176/95. It is 1301, 9074 hectares in extent. Sholliver is registered under deed of transfer number 3802/93. It is 1294, 8868 hectares in extent. Both farms are situated in the District of Lomagundi which is in Mashonaland West Province. More
The applicant who is a registered owner of the piece of land as described above, some time in 2022 applied to a provincial town planning Mashonaland West for a sub-division permit which application is attached as Annexure B to this paper. In response he was advised that the land had been acquired by the Respondent as per government gazette attached as Annexure E. A perusal of the second Government Gazette attached as Annexure D shows that the property was acquired for agricultural purposes on the 6th of April 2012 in accordance with section 16B of the amended Zimbabwe 1980 Constitution.... More
The applicants approached this court seeking a declaratory order to the effect that the cancellation of agreement of sale set in motion by the first respondent be declared to be of no force or effect. Alternatively, the applicants prayed for the confirmation of the cancellation of the agreement of sale coupled with the prayer for reimbursement of the total instalments paid as part of the purchase price. More precisely the applicants prayed for the relief expressed in the following way: More
