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In this urgent chamber application the applicant sought a provisional order in the following terms: “TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT 1. The provisional order is herein confirmed. 2. The first respondent shall produce to this court the offer letter upon which he relies for his claim to be entitled to occupy any part of Nyamakari Farm in the Burma Valley area of the Mutare District and shall satisfy this court that it has been lawfully secured before he again seeks to secure occupation of any part of that Farm. 3. The second respondent is directed forthwith to inform the... More

This is an urgent chamber application for an interdict and declatatory relief in terms of Order 32 Rule 241 as read with Section 85 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. In concise terms this is an urgent chamber application for an order compelling the first respondent to issue written policy directives that ensure compliance with the COVID-19 preventative measures known as Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, containment and Treatment orders) in compliance with section 229 (4) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which responsibility affects the affairs of the Prisons and Correctional service. More

On 31 November 2016 I dismissed with costs the application brought before me by the applicant. The applicant’s counsel by letter dated 25 November 2016 requested for written reasons for my disposition. More

On 18 November, 2021 the first respondent wrote requesting reasons for my decision. These are they: The application is one for a declaratur and consequential relief. The applicant must, in an application for a declaratur, show that he has a direct and substantial, and not only financial, interest in the right which is the subject-matter of the inquiry. Absent that, his application cannot succeed. Whether or not the applicant in casushowed that it has the requisite interest in the tobacco which is the subject-matter of this application depends, in a large measure, on the evidence which the parties placed before... More

This is an application for rescission of a default judgment entered against the applicant on 27 October 2021 in favour of the first respondent. The default judgment was entered against the applicant in his capacity as the Executor Dative of the Estate Late Matthew Z Chimbgandah in favour of the first respondent a daughter and therefore one of the beneficiaries of the Estate Late Matthew Z Chimbgandah. More