The dispute before the court is about sharing of matrimonial property on divorce. The plaintiff, Kumurai Chikwava, is a retired medical doctor with a sizeable property folio in his name. The defendant, Grace Chikwava, is a retired nurse by profession. She too owns immovable property in her name from having worked for a number of years in the United Kingdom. The plaintiff and defendant married formally in 1976. They have four adult children. He is 79 years old, having been born on the 17th of June 1945. She is 74 years old, having been born on 20 August 1950. He... More
The applicant is a medical practitioner. In 2015 he appeared before a disciplinary committee duly constituted in terms of s 112 (2) of the Health Professions Act [Chapter 28:19] facing three counts of performing acts pertaining to the profession or calling in an unethical, improper or disgraceful manner alternatively improper or disgraceful conduct, when regard is had to his profession or calling. More
The parties having agreed that their marriage has irretrievably broken down to the extent that it can longer be restored to a normal marriagesigned a consent paper on 3 July 2017 wherein they agreed on the apportionment of the parties’ movable assets and the issue of the welfare of their major child Shingai Tariro Masenda who is still at university doing his mastersdegree. The parties could not agree on what immovable property constitutes their matrimonial estate and how it should be shared. Resultantly, 2 issues were referred to trial:
(a) What immovable property forms part of the matrimonial estate?
(b)... More
The applicant, a company under liquidation which is represented herein by the liquidator, instituted the instant application seeking the eviction of the respondent and all persons claiming occupation through the respondent from Goodwill Extension of Woodlands of Railway Farm 20 and Remainder of Goodwill of Railway Farm 20. The two pieces of land are owned by the applicants. The respondent is the Executor in the Estate of the late Francis Siamsipa. The application is opposed by the respondent. More
The appellant who stood as the 2nd accused and his co-accused were arraigned before the magistrate Court sitting at Norton for contravening s 157 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]-dealing in dangerous drugs or alternatively contravening s 157 (1) of the same Act-unlawful possession of a dangerous drug. More
