The appellant was charged with and convicted on one count of stock theft. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. The brief facts of the case are that the appellant is alleged to have connived with five others to steal the complainant’s two oxen from farm Number 195 Rowa West Zimunya, Mutare. He is alleged to have hired Antony Chinyamutangira to transport two slaughtered oxen from the Zimunya area, to his house. He is alleged to have taken Wedzerai Masunda, Charles Masvosva, Alfred Sando Louis and Paul Feausi to Antony Chinyamutangira’s house in Chikanga. Antony Chinyamutangira and the four... More
In July 2009, my brother HLATSHWAYO J, heard an application under case number HC 4327/08 as consolidated with another application under case number HC 2792/09. The parties to those applications were the Diocesan Trustees of the Diocese of Harare (as applicants) and the Church of the Province of Central Africa (as respondents). In this judgment I shall refer to the latter as “the mother church”. In that consolidated application, HLATSHWAYO J made an order declaring Bishop Dr Nolbert Kunonga and six others to be the Diocesan Trustees of the Diocese of Harare, a diocese under the mother church. It was... More
The plaintiff’s claim is for the eviction of the defendant from 7.5 Mile peg Simon Mazorodze Road, Waterfalls, Harare, payment of arrear rentals in the sum of US$31 500-00, holding over damages in the sum of $1 500-00, being monthly rentals from April 2015 to date of eviction, payment of arrear water bill in the sum of US$20 800-00 as of March 2015, payment of current water bill that shall be accruing from the date of issuing the summons to the date of eviction. More
On the 21st March 2007 this court granted an order by consent in HC6497/05 stating, inter alia, that: -
“1. Within 60 days of receipt of a valuation report issued by a valuator nominated by the second respondent, the applicant shall pay to the estate of the late Lovemore Mutandwa DR1135/05, 50% (fifty percent) of the assessed value of Stand 3693 Highfield (the property).
2. Within a further 10 days of the payment of the 50% share, the first respondent, failing which the Deputy Sheriff, shall sign such documents as may be necessary to pass transfer of the property to... More
On the 26thDecember 1970, the applicant married the late Samuel Zachary Dick Munangatire(herein after referred to as Samuel) in terms of the civil marriage laws of the United Kingdom (UK). More
