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The applicant seeks an order in the following terms: “1. That the High Court Order of divorce in case No HC 9097/99 dated 23 May 2001 be and is hereby varied by the deletion of paragraph 2 and the substitution in its place of the following: 2. That plaintiff shall be sole guardian and sole custodian of the minor child Tina Erasmus (born on 10 February 1999)” The application is opposed. More

The applicant and respondent were husband and wife until 30 July 2015 when divorce was granted in favour of the wife through a default judgment. More

In a divorce action, which the applicant was granted in 2015 in default by the respondent, she was allocated property known as a certain piece of land situate in the District of Salisbury, called the remaining extent of Lot 361 Highlands Estate of Welmoed, measuring 5202 m2, registration number 2476/1996. It is commonly known as 18 Knightsbridge Road, Highlands, Harare. That property was registered in her then husband’s name, George Musanhu, the first respondent herein. The order was straightforward. Within forty-eight hours of the service of the order, he was supposed to have signed over to her the necessary papers... More

The applicant and first respondent lived together in a marital union. During the blissful days of their union they formed a company namely CRISTED (PRIVATE) LIMITED (the second respondent) each one had a 50 percent share in second respondent. An immovable property was acquired and registered in Second respondent’s name. This immovable property is the only asset of the company. After several years of cohabiting the marital relationship began experiencing problems which culminated in applicant moving out of the house. Later first respondent moved out as well leaving Second respondent’s tenants in occupation. The relationship between applicant and first respondent... More

The background facts she gave were that in January 2013 she together with the first and second respondents entered into a verbal agreement wherein they agreed to obtain a loan facility for $15 000 from the Agricultural Bankof Zimbabwe. She said in terms of the oral agreement, the loan was to be shared equally among the parties. She said repayment of the loan was to be on a pro rata basis. She said the first respondent agreed to bind himself as a co-signatory to the loan amount as security for a proper and equivalent distribution of the loan proceeds between... More