This is an opposed chamber application for the registration of a deed of settlement. For purposes of this judgement, and in order to avoid confusion, I will refer to the parties, were the context permits by their names i.e. the applicant as “Nyabadza” and the respondent as “the company.” More
The 11 applicants were arrested on 14 April 2011 on allegations of politically motivated public violence in contravention of s 36 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The accused are alleged to have severely assaulted the complainants with the result that of they were hospitalized. Since then they have been languishing in prison pending trial. More
Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe has experienced an increase in the population of vehicles. More poignantly, there is a large volume of cars that goes into the central business district almost on a daily basis including weekends. This increase necessitated the introduction of a parking management system. What is astounding however is that the defendant after flighting an expression of interest for the provision of such, almost casually engaged the plaintiff and after some discussions, they entered into a verbal agreement. Although various reasons were given by both parties on why the contract was not reduced to writing, the... More
