The plaintiff issued summons on 8 July 2015 against the defendant claiming a sum of $26 912.27 with interest thereon at the rate of 5% per annum and costs of suit. The plaintiff further prayed for an order declaring Stand 10763 Bulawayo Township of Bulawayo Township Lands, measuring 1041 square metres (“the property”) specially executable. More
This was an application for leave to execute pending appeal. The background was this. In April 2011 the applicant sued a company called Wedzera Petroleum [Private] Limited, as the principal debtor, jointly with the respondent, as guarantor, for payment of an amount in the sum of $847 847-65, plus interest and costs. The claim arose out of petroleum products sold and delivered by the applicant to the principal debtor in 2010. More
I have previously stated in Mutongwizo v The Master of the High Court N.O HH 573-18 the need for legal practitioners to comply with the rules of this court especially when the rights of minor children are at stake. This court is the upper guardian of minors by design so that there is assurance that whatever is done on behalf of minor children conforms to the best interests of the child standard. This is a standard that is recognised in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) that Zimbabwe signed and ratified on 11 September 1990. The standard... More
This is an application to demolish a structure erected on stand 6860, Chiwaridzo 3, Garikai, Bindura. The application is premised on an order in case number HC 1355/20, which provides thus:
i. Application be and is hereby granted.
ii. The applicant be and is hereby declared the rightful allottee and owner of rights and interests in stand number 6860 Chiwaridzo 3, operation Garikai / Hlalani Kuhle, Bindura.
iii. The applicant be registered against the register of stand owners in records of 2nd respondent against stand number 6860 Chiwaridzo 3, operation Garikai / Hlalani Kuhle, Bindura.
iv. The first respondent shall... More
This is a rather unusual matter in which one of the issues to be resolved by this court relates to a maternity dispute. I must confess that I had for long labored under the mistaken belief that only paternity can reasonably be expected to be in dispute. More
