The applicant is the holder of title of a certain piece of land in the District of Salisbury Called Stand 45A Ardbennie Industrial Township(hereinafter referred to as “the property”). On 27 September 2016, applicant and the respondent entered into an agreement of sale in respect of the property.
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This is a matter in which I stayed my decision pending the determination of an appeal in case number CA197/07. The appeal was determined on 5 October 2011 but the respondent in this case promptly noted an appeal with the Supreme Court against the judgment of HLATSHWAYO J. The parties submitted that the determination of the matter again be stayed pending the decision of the Supreme Court. By letter dated 29 October 2012 the parties advised that the appeal before the Supreme Court had been removed from the roll by consent of both parties. Thus, as there is no longer...
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Sometime in February 2012, the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a written agreement of sale in terms of which the defendant sold to the plaintiff an undivided share representing shop number F12, which was to be constructed on a property known as Subdivision B and C of Subdivision C of Lot 15 Block C of Avondale, Harare. The negotiations involved an offer of a smaller shop valued at US$35 000 and shares with a value of US$35 000. Both proposals were apparently rejected by the purchaser.
According to the plaintiff, the defendant breached the agreement in that it failed...
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On 31 May 2022, after hearing oral submissions by counsels, I dismissed the applicant’s application with costs on a higher scale in an extempore judgment. The applicant has asked for written reasons following the noting of an appeal. The following are the reasons.
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