The long and short of the plaintiff’s evidence on the breakdown of the marriage was that the defendant was physically and verbally violent towards her and the children of the marriage, was unfaithful to her and in the process sired a child with another woman during the subsistence of the marriage and in addition, drunk alcohol in excess. She laid the blame for the failure and breakdown of the marriage on the defendant.
In her detailed testimony, it emerged that in 1970 she fell pregnant and abandoned training as a nurse at Mpilo Hospital, Bulawayo while in the second year... More
The applicant customarily married one Christopher Chirume Tawengwa in 1992 and they had one child who is surviving. The said Christopher Chirume Tawengwa (hereinafter referred to as “Mr. Tawengwa” or “the deceased” interchangeably) died in March 2016 having been married to the applicant for 24 years. Parties herein are agreed that indeed applicant is the surviving spouse. More
Plaintiff has sued defendant for payment of the sum of $379 345.00 being the balance due and owing in respect of the cost of mining equipment sold and delivered to defendant by plaintiff. In the summons defendant was cited initially as Haygold Enterprises t/a Nzee Mining P/L and plaintiff as Roselt Mitchell Enterprises t/a Metal Components Manufacturers. More
The applicant is a qualified legal practitioner. She is with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. On 7 June, 2012 she was driving her Mazda 626 Familia motor vehicle registration number ABF 8666 en route to a business meeting. She was stopped by the police at a roadblock along Robert Mugabe Road near Rhodesville Police Station. The motor vehicle had no current licence disc as required in terms of the Vehicle Registration and Licensing Act, [Cap 13:14], (the Act) the previous licence having expired on 31 May, 2012. More
This is a two pronged chamber application for recusal. The first prong being the failure to follow normal allocation channels by the Judge President. The second prong is the proximity of the Plaintiff to the trial Judge in the main divorce trial. More
