The applicant and the first respondent are landlord and tenant respectively. Their relationship commenced when they concluded a written agreement in respect of certain commercial premises situate at Throgmorton House, Samora Machel Avenue, in Harare. The agreement was for a period of one year, commencing on 1 July 2006 and terminating on 30 June 2007. The second and third defendants as directors of the first respondent bound themselves as co –principal debtors under the lease agreement. More
Applicant and respondent entered into three lease agreements in terms of which the applicant leased to the respondent its premises located at 4th to 7th floors LAPF Centre, at corner Chinhoyi Street and Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare. The first of these agreements was concluded on 9 November 2004. In terms of that lease the applicant leased to the respondent the 4th and 6th floors of LAPF Centre. In December 2004, the parties concluded another lease in respect of the 5th and 7th floors in the same building. The final agreement was concluded in October 2006 and was in respect of... More
The first to the third respondents were employed by Alex Stewart International LLC (hereinafter referred as ASI), an American Company registered to operate in Zimbabwe under the company law. Owing to the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America government, ASI was forced to seize operations in Zimbabwe. In order to comply with the laws of its own country ASI inter alia transferred its assets to a special purpose vehicle which is the applicant in this matter. The transfer of the assets took place on 30 June 2009. On 18 November 2010, the first to third respondents... More
This matter once again brings to the limelight the lack of harmony in the marriage laws and the unfortunate consequences of the application of two parallel laws with one legal system and for the same group of people. The issue begs for urgent legislative intervention which has been sadly lacking despite numerous calls by this court and women’s groups for a resolution. More
The background to this case is that the appellant was convicted of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegation was that the appellant induced one Lawrence Ronald Bamba, who was selling his residential Stand namely Number 7436 Manyame Park, Chitungwiza measuring 2 000m2 for US$20 000 to enter into an agreement in terms of which the complainant accepted the appellant’s Ford Courier Registration Number ABK 4297 in lieu of the full purchase price without disclosing to the complainant, the fact the Ford Courier vehicle had been fraudulently registered in... More
