This appeal concerns a mother who hid her young daughter’s friend from her parents who had been frantically searching for her everywhere. The two young friends had left the complainant’s residence and went to the appellant’s residence. Although she was confronted by the complainant’s parents regarding their daughter’s whereabouts, the appellant denied sheltering and secreting the victim away. More
The plaintiff approached court seeking that she be declared the owner of house number 64 Nzou Street, Rimuka Kadoma (hereinafter referred to as the property) and the eviction of the defendant. The defendant is defending the claim and challenges the relief sought. The application is well within the law in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] which empowers this court at the instance of an interested party to enquire into and determine any existing, future, or contingent right or obligation. The parties appeared in chambers on 12 September 2023 and given that the facts are... More
The plaintiff instituted action proceeding seeking the following order:
1. That the first, second and third defendant transfer Stand 121 Muchenje Drive Mbare to the plaintiff, failure of which the deputy sheriff was to be empowered to sign documents necessary for such cession to take place. More
The famed Nigerian author, feminist and motivational speaker Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie in one of her TED talks discussed an interesting topic titled, “The dangers of a single story”. She talked about how she was initially shaped by one narrative on life but she later realised how dangerous such a trajectory is. This matter epitomises such dangers when one party is so adamant that during the subsistence of the marriage, only one narrative matters and in the process completely misses the tenets of the Matrimonial Causes Act [Chapter 5:13]. More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Magistrates Court (“the court a quo”) handed down on 5 March 2024. The appellant appealed against part of the judgment of the court a quo that awarded her only 25 percent shares in the immovable property called Stand 2094 Kukura Kuroja Housing Co-operative, Hatcliffe, Harare (“the Hatcliffe property”). In terms of that judgment, the court a quo dismissed the respondent’s claim for the eviction of the appellant from the Hatcliffe property and awarded the appellant a share of 25 percent of the said property against the 50 percent share... More
