The plaintiff company is the former owner of Mount Shannon Estates commonly known as Mount Lothian Estates measuring 572.67 hectares in extent situate in the district of Goromonzi. The plaintiff’s representative, Mr Christopher Geoffrey Tracy is a respectable grand old man of 83 years of age. He is the Chairman of Plaintiff Company and former occupier of the farm in dispute He has held positions of honour in various corporate bodies during his hay days. He is the former director of the Agricultural Marketing Authority, the former chairman of T S L and Zimbank. More
The chronology of events leading to the filing of an exception is as follows;
The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant on 29 December 2020. The summons and declaration were served on the defendant on 3 March 2021. The defendant entered an appearance to defend on 12 March 2021. On 29 March 2021 the defendant filed and served on the plaintiff a request for further particulars. Plaintiff’s further particulars were supplied on 30 March 2021. Thereafter the parties started to exchange correspondence with the defendant expressing the inadequacy of the supplied further particulars and the plaintiff taking a different view.... More
The right to vote lies at the centre of every constitutional democracy. Such a right falls under political rights which a citizen is entitled to enjoy and same are constitutionally protected, and in the Zimbabwean case, under Section 67 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 20) Act 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “Constitution”). More
The first applicant the Movement for Democratic Change is a political party, commonly known as the (“MDC”). It will be referred to as the first applicant. The second applicant Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is its president. He was the first applicant’s presidential candidate in the just ended harmonized elections held on 29 March 2008. He will be referred to as the second applicant. More
In August 2004, at the summit of the Southern Africa Development Community held in Mauritius, certain principles and guidelines governing democratic elections for the member countries were adopted. These shall be referred to in this judgment as “the SADC Principles and Guidelines”. The first respondent, acting on behalf of the Republic of Zimbabwe approved of the guidelines and gave Zimbabwe’s assent thereto. More
