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
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrates Court. The short history of the matter is that first appellant borrowed a sum of US$40,000 from respondent on 31 May 2021. First appellant defaulted on the due date of 30 June 2021 but reduced its indebtedness by a payment of US$20,000 in September 2021.Thereafter, first appellant`s commitment to settle the balance became markedly diffident. More
