The applicant, a duly incorporated company in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe runs a conglomerate of hotels under the umbrella name of African Sun Limited. Being in the hospitality industry, the applicant was one of thecasualities of the world wide unprecedented catastrophic socio-economic ripple effects of the Covid 19 pandemic. The labour market was not spared either and was oneof the hardest hit. Within this background, the applicant made a decision to retrench most of its workforce across the board, amongst them the twenty nine respondents herein.During the tenure of their employment contracts the respondents had the right to... More
This claim is based on an acknowledgment of debt, (A.O.D). The brief facts surrounding this dispute are as follows. The plaintiff is a company that trades in fuel. The defendant was a director of Nhari Investments (Pvt) Ltd. The defendant and his co- directors traded in fuel under Mammoth Fuels. More
This is an Urgent Chamber application for an anti-dissipation order filed by the Applicant on the 13th of October 2022 seeking the following relief.
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT.
That you show cause to the Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms-
1. The 1st Respondent be and is hereby barred from transferring the sum of (USD360,000.00 (United States Dollars Three Hundred and Sixty Thousand) pursuant to the default order granted in case number HCHC 196/22 pending the finalization of application for rescission of judgment filed under case number HCHC333/22.
2. The 3rd... More
This application has been filed on a certificate of urgency. The brief facts of the matter are that the Applicant and sixth Respondent acquired shares in the seventh Respondent in 2012 in terms of a Shareholders Agreement. In terms of the Shareholders Agreement the Board of the seventh Respondent was to comprise of five (5) directors, one to be appointed by the Applicant and four by the sixth Respondent. However, an extra board member was appointed under unclear circumstances. This application has been filed in terms of Section 60. 62 and 65 of the Companies and Other Business Entities Act... More
On 17 July 2017 I dismissed an application for rescission of judgment brought by the applicant. I have been requested to give reasons and these are they;
The brief facts of this matter are that the respondent issued summons against the applicant under HC case number 9528/16 for damages allegedly suffered by the respondent, through the applicant’s wrongful and unlawful extraction of chrome ore on the respondent’s mining claims. The respondent is the registered holder of chrome mining claims called VAN 17 registration number 33280 BM and DIVIDE registration number 41089 BM situate in Darwendale. More
