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The parties to this divorce action got married on 16 August 1996 at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Their union was blessed with three children all of whom are still minors. The plaintiff now seeks from this court a decree of divorce, custody of the three minor children of the marriage and distribution of the matrimonial estate. In justifying his prayer he avers in his Declaration that his marriage to the defendant has irretrievably broken down. He also avers that there are no reasonable prospects of its restoration to normalcy as the defendant has, during the subsistence of the marriage, committed acts of... More

As a result of a motor vehicles accident that happened between plaintiff and defendant on 27 June 2008, plaintiff caused the issuance of summons against defendant claiming: (a) US$52 000.00 being damages for bodily injury and US$2 000.00 for medical expenses. (b) Interest at the prescribed rate on the sum claimed from the date of the summons to the date of full payment. (c) Costs of suit. More

The brief background to this matter is that the applicant and first respondent were duly nominated as candidates to contest on 23 August 2023 for the seat of Ward 35 Mazowe Rural District Council. It is the applicant’s averment that the first respondent was not qualified to be nominated as, though he is an owner of land held under an agreement of lease being Plot No. 13, Danbury Park Farm in Mazowe Rural District Council, he owed Mazowe Rural District Council in unpaid levies. The amount owed is said to be four hundred and twenty United States Dollars and this... More

I heard this matter on 10 November 2020. I dismissed it with costs. The dismissal was in terms of an ex tempore judgment which I made. More

This appeal is totally devoid of any merit. The appellant is aggrieved by the decision of the court a quoin granting an interpleader application in favour of the second respondent. The appellant had entered into an agreement with the first respondent in terms which the two were to exchange certain beasts. In order to satisfy his side of the bargain, the first respondent fraudulently passed over to the appellant three beasts, the property of the second respondent. More