Welcome to Midlands State University Library

Court Judgements



Browse Court Judgements by court
The plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as “Tshuma”) issued summons out of this court in February 1994 seeking the eviction of the first and second defendants (hereinafter referred as “the Musemburis”) from a property known as number 18 Ridgeway South, Highlands, Harare (hereafter referred as “the property”) and payment of damages. The Musemburis counterclaimed for the cancellation of the transfer of the property to the applicant and the subsequent transfer of the same property to them. The two matters were consolidated and are the subject matter of this trial. More

This is an application for the setting aside on review of the decision of the first respondent in terms of which the third respondent was held to have been married to the deceased LovemoreChipunzaSekeramayi (hereinafter referred to as “the deceased”), and for a declaration that the decision of the second respondent in terms of which the third respondent was declared to be a spouse of the deceased was null and void. The application is opposed by the third respondent. More

This appeal was against the lower court’s order granting absolution from the instance in respect of the appellant’s claim for eviction of the respondent and all those claiming occupation through it, from property known as 44 Greengrove, Greendale, Harare; (hereinafter referred to as “the premises”). The appellant noted its appeal on 16 March 2020, while the respondent lodged its cross-appeal on 18 March 2020. More

The brief background facts to this matter are that the applicant entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the second respondent on 18 August 2015 in terms of which it was allocated land, being stand 2166 of 1042 Tynwald South for the development of ninety housing flats. This agreement was amended on 4 October 2017 to increase the number of housing flats to one hundred and twenty. A further amendment was affected to the agreement on 9 June 2018 wherein the land initially allocated to the applicant was sold to it and the full purchase price of US$414 000.00 was... More

Applicant filed this application seeking an orderin the following terms, that: 1. It is declared that: (i) the information requested from first Respondent pursuant to the Applicant’s letter to it dated 20 May 2021 is subject to provision of section 5 of the Freedom of Information Act [Chapter 10:33) as read with Section 61 and 62 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and that the Applicant is entitled to make such request and first Respondent is obliged to make a response thereto. (ii) the conduct by the first Respondent to withhold the information requested as per sub paragraph (i) above is... More