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On 25 March 2011 the plaintiff issued summons against the defendants in which he claimed: “(a) Payment of the sum of USD14 850.00 due to the plaintiff, arising from damages which are a result of a collision between plaintiff and 1st defendant. Which collision was occasioned by 1st defendant’s negligent driving, whilst in the course of his work and scope of his authority with the 2nddefendant. The sum represents the damages plaintiff suffered. (b) Interest thereon at the rate of 5% per annum from the date of issue of summons up to the date of full payment. (c )Costs of... More

This is an application for rescission of a judgment of this court entered in default in favour of the first respondent on 26 June 2008 in terms of which the eviction of the applicant and those claiming occupation through him from premises known as 1495 Chiwaridzo Township Bindura was ordered together with costs of suit. More

The appellant was convicted on 20 September 2010 of contravening section 65 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment of which three years were suspended on condition of good behaviour. More

The applicant is a peregrinuslegal entity. It is incorporated according to the laws of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is domiciled. Its principal object is to carry on the business of transport contractors and general merchants, among others. More

The facts to the appeal were fairly straightforward. The appellant had filed an application for custody in the Magistrate’s Court, of his minor child born on 22 October 2020. The mother of the child was the respondent’s daughter, the now late Rutendo Natalie Eugenia Chanakira to whom the appellant was married to in an unregistered customary law union. She had been staying together with the appellant up until sometime in February 2022 when left the matrimonial home in light of domestic disenchantments. She had died some two weeks later. When she left the matrimonial home together with the child she... More