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The appellant approached this court on appeal irked by the dismissal of its application for rescission of judgment in terms of s 39 of the Magistrate Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. More

This is a trial cause which opened before me on 30 March 2023. The plaintiff claims delictual damages in the sum of US$8 173 188.00 against the defendants. The plaintiff’s case is that, for an extended period of time the defendants illegally extracted approximately 88.839 tonnes of saleable alluvial chrome from the plaintiff’s mining claims. The claims are numbers 122 to 127 located in Guruve North Dyke. As a result of the defendants’ mining activities, the plaintiff argues that it suffered loss amounting to $8 173 188.00. It is evident that what the plaintiff claims, is the amount it perceives... More

The plaintiff in this matter claims the sum of US$9798.20 as damages for unlawful assault allegedly perpetrated by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) acting within the course and scope of their employment. The defendants admit that the plaintiff was arrested and detained by members of the ZRP but deny that he was assaulted during his arrest and detention. More

The plaintiff and defendant, who are wife and husband respectively, entered into an unregistered customary union in July 1999. They never formalised their customary union but were nonetheless customarily married from that time up until 7 September 2022 when the defendant gave his wife a divorce token (gupuro). More

This is an urgent application in which the applicant seeks the following relief: “1. Terms of the Final Order sought That you should show cause to this Honourable court why an order should not be made in the following terms: (a) That the proposed meeting of 10 March be and is hereby set aside. (b) Cost of this (sic) to be borne by the first respondent. 2. Interim Relief Granted More