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This is a court application for a declaratur in which the following order is sought; “IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The application for a declaratory be and is hereby granted. 2. The certificate of heir issued in favour of Frank Mapuvire on the 1st day of October 1990 by the Chibi Community Court be and is hereby declare null and void. (sic) 3. The transfer of property from the Estate of Frank Mapuvire to Florence Mapuvire be and is hereby declared null and void, 4. The shop commonly known as Chamahota Store, the house commonly known as stand No. 110... More

The promulgation of Statutory Instrument 33 of 19 namely Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Amendment of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act and Issue of Real Time Gross Settlement Electronic Dollars (RTGS Dollars) Regulations, 2019 has had a profound effect on instalment sales of immovable properties for contracts concluded prior to 22 February 2019 the instrument’s effective date. Of late this court has been inundated by applications by parties whose agreements were instalment sales with purchase prices expressed in United States dollars prior 22 February 2019, either contesting what is presumed to be due or asserting that they have discharged their liability... More

The particulars of the plaintiff’s claim are set out in detail in the judgment in which absolution from the instance was refused, HH 598-16. More

The plaintiff issued summons out of this court on 9 December 2011 seeking the eviction of the defendant and all who claim occupation through him from Stand 271B St Mary’s Zengeza Chitungwiza, payment of rentals of US$100 per month from 1 October to 30 November 2011 and holding over damages from December 2011 to the date of eviction, interest at the prescribed rate and costs on the scale of legal practitioner and client. The defendant contested the matter. More

What started as an ordinary maize growing contract which the applicant and the first respondent signed developed into a bruising legal battle between them. They signed it on 30 September, 2013. They earmarked it for the 2013/2014 farming season. In terms of the contract, the first respondent advanced inputs and cash to the applicant. It advanced the equivalent of $147 627.44 in cash and kind. The advanced inputs and money aimed at enabling the applicant to grow and deliver to the first respondent 650 metric tonnes of maize. This was to be delivered on or before 31 July, 2014. The... More