The 2 applicants and 3 Others were arrested in December 2009 on allegations of armed robbery and attempted murder it being alleged that they had robbed Stanbic Bank in Chegutu getting away with substantial sums of money. It was further alleged that in the process of the robbery they had shot one of the employees of the bank on the right hip. More
The applicant has approached this court primarily seeking an order setting aside the respondent’s administrative action imposing a garnishee order against the applicant’s bank account for a tax debt. It further seeks that the respondent be ordered to reimburse all the monies it garnished from applicant’s bank account as from 31 March 2016. The applicant also seeks that the respondent be ordered to lawfully and properly conduct an audit for the 2009 and 2010 financial years. More
This matter was allocated to me on 28 March 2012 late in the day and I set the matter down for hearing on 30 March 2012. The applicant in her founding affidavit paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 had requested that I proceed to grant the order sought without hearing the respondent. The reasons given for this rather unusual approach were that the respondent if notified of the matter would cause un due delays thus jeopardizing the relief sought and that there was a risk of
peverse conduct by respondent who would hide or remove the two minor children from Zimbabwe. I... More
The applicant approached this court seeking rescission of default judgment granted against him and in favor of the first respondent on 19 August 2020 under case number. HC 10389/17. The application is made in terms of R 27(1) of the High Court Rules, 2021 (‘High Court Rules’). The first respondent’s opposing affidavit was deposed by one John Nyakamha hereinafter referred to as John (the first respondent’s father) by virtue of a general power of attorney to represent her. It is upon this background that the applicant raised issues over the opposing affidavit as being improperly commissioned and prayed that it... More
The plaintiff and the defendant were joined in holy matrimony on 20 February 1998 at Harare in terms of the Marriages Act [Cap 5:11] and the marriage still subsists. More
