[1] This is a special plea. The facts giving rise to this special plea may be briefly summarized as follows, the plaintiff issued summons against the defendant on 10 September 2024 seeking an order for payment of US23 943.85 being the replacement value of the damaged electric motor and the variable speed drive (VSD) control box; payment of US136 400.00 being the value of the loss of potential income which was anticipated from the expected wheat yield allegedly caused by the defendant’s electrical fault on the electricity distribution transformer which caused damage on plaintiff’s electric motor and the variable speed... More
The defendants filed a special plea to the plaintiff’s summons as amplified in the plaintiff’s declaration. According to the plaintiff’s declaration the plaintiff is has been a long standing member of the Movement for Democratic Change, (MDC) one of Zimbabwe’s leading opposition party. The defendants are members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. He alleged that as a result of his affiliation with the MDC, he has over the years been subjected to harassment and torture by fellow members in his community who are active members of the Ruling Party Zanu PF. As a result on 7 August 2018 the plaintiff’s... More
The first two respondents were issued with offer letters in respect of subdivision 7 and 10 of The Grove in the district of Goromonzi under the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme (Model A2, Phase 11) scheme respectively. More
This is an application wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:-
“1. The first and second respondents sign all documents and take all necessary
steps (including obtaining the Master’s Consent) to pass transfer in favour of
the applicants of the property being a certain piece of Land situate in the
District of Salisbury, being Lot 1 of Subdivision A of Lot 18 of Greendale
held under Deed of Transfer Number 5266/84. More
This is an application for the amendment of a plea. The amendment is sought in terms of r 41(4) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The applicant seeks to amend his pela in case number HC 7833/22 (“main matter”). The respondent opposes the amendment. For purposes of this judgment, and in order to avoid confusion, I will refer to the parties, were the context permits by their names i.e. the applicant as ‘Chimbetete’ and the respondent as ‘Bako.’ More
