This is an application to uphold the appointment of the applicant on 20th October 2016 as the substantive Chief Samambwa and for a declaration as invalid, null and void the purported appointment on 19th December 2017 of the first respondent to the same office by the fifth respondent. The facts are that the applicant was appointed the substantive Chief Samambwa of Zhombe, Kwekwe District, Midlands Province in Zimbabwe on the 20th of October 2016 by the then President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe following several disputes and meetings over the prevailing Samambwa Chieftainship succession customs. Following... More
When the plaintiff drove his BMW 528i series motor vehicle, registration number AAG 6022 to Kuwadzana Police Station and parked it at the police car park on the night of 14 November 2009 he did not know that he was driving the said vehicle for the last time. He had been involved in an accident with a pedestrian somewhere along Harare – Bulawayo road and as is the norm, the police impounded the vehicle for further investigations and demanded that he drove it to the police station. More
On 24 September 2002, the applicant purchased certain rights, title and interest that the 1st respondent had in respect of certain immovable property in Norton. He paid the asking price in full in the sum of $1,9 million. The agreement of sale was reduced to writing. After paying the purchase price, he demanded that the seller cede to him the rights, title and interest that he had purchased. He was informed that the Norton Town Council was refusing to accede to the cession as it required the consent of the 2nd respondent, estranged wife of the 1st respondent. More
The applicant applies to be admitted to bail pending trial. He is facing charges of robbery committed in aggravating circumstances as defined in s 126(1)(a)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] on which he was remanded in custody by the magistrate at Harare on 25 November, 2020. The applicant was co-charged with accomplices Mbonisi Ndlovu and Alex Mathew Murira. Mbonisi Ndlovu who were admitted to bail by CHINAMORA J on 15 February, 2021. More
This is an urgent chamber application by the applicant for a provisional order seeking a stay of a criminal trial pending finalisation of an application for review filed on the 24th October 2017. More
