PATEL J: This matter arises from a collision that occurred on 20 July 2009 between the plaintiff’s truck and a motor vehicle driven by the 1st defendant’s deceased husband. The plaintiff claims the replacement value of its vehicle, damages for loss of income and goods, together with interest and costs of suit More
On 5 June 2012 I handed down an ex tempore judgment for the registration of an arbitral award made in favour of the applicant against the respondent on the basis that there was no merit in the opposition to such registration. More
On 14 May 2020, the respondent, as the plaintiff filed summons in case number HC 2315/20 against the applicant, as the first defendant, claiming payment of US$596 422.86 with interest and costs. It alleged that the said amount was what the applicant owed due to a breach of contract to supply diesel to the respondent. The diesel supply agreement related to the Hwange Power Station (600MW) Expansion Project. The second defendant in that action was cited as Dynamic Success Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd. The applicant defended the claim and also filed a claim in reconvention against the respondent for payment... More
The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife. They were married on the 7th of September 2018 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. One child was born to the marriage, namely Simbarashe Tadzidza Tapera who was born on 9 April 2019. The parties have been on separation since the 31st of December 2019 and the defendant has custody of the minor child. On the 7th of October 2021, the plaintiff instituted divorce proceedings in which he seeks a decree of divorce on grounds of irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. He wants the defendant to retain custody... More
On 20 October 2010 my brother UCHENA J granted a provisional order in favour of the applicant couched in this vein:-
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED:
Pending the final determination of this matter, the applicant is granted the following interim relief:
(a) That the first respondents (sic) and all those claiming through them (sic) and acting under his instructions be and is hereby ordered not to disturb, disrupt or interfere, directly or indirectly, in any way with the applicant’s farming, agricultural and business operations and use of the rehabilitated and renovated borehole on state land adjacent to the applicant’s Plot Number 8... More
