The applicant was convicted on his own plea of 49 counts of robbery and sentenced to 36 years imprisonment. The applicant committed the offences while armed with a machete, a spear and catapults. In furtherance of the commission of the crime the applicant perpetrated acts of violence on the victims, inflicting or intending to inflict serious bodily harm to some of the victims, which includes trying to burn them alive, breaking bones and teeth as well as throttling some of the victims and leaving others for dead. Some of the victims have been left with permanent disability. More
The plaintiff instituted a claim against the defendant claiming the return of USD $40 000-00 and interest thereof purportedly seized from the plaintiff unlawfully by the defendant in 2011. Appearance to defend was entered on behalf of the defendant by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Legal & Corporate Services. More
In summary, the facts which culminated in the application in casu are that, the applicant and the respondent entered into an agreement of sale in respect of Stand Number 1244 Good Hope Township of Lot 16 of Good Hope, measuring 2035 square metres. In terms of the agreement, the respondent sold the property to the applicant for US$45 000.00, who paid US$32 500.00 towards the purchase price. The applicant averred that the outstanding sum of US$ 12 500.00 was in the custody of her legal practitioners. It was contended that whenever applicant made a payment towards the purchase price, such... More
TSANGA J: This is an application in which the applicant seeks to remove the first and second respondents as executors and testamentary trustees of the estate of the late Ernest Leonard Bulle who died in 1996. He also seeks the revocation of their letters of administration granted by the Master cited herein who is the third respondent. The applicant additionally seeks that the Master appoints two new executors to administer the estate.
2. The parties initially appeared before me for a hearing on the 29th of November 2021. At that hearing, a request was made to postpone the matter in... More
It is common cause that sometime in March 2005, the defendant purchased Stand No. 239 Glenview Township of Lots 1-548 of Subdivision D of Subdivision A (the property) from one Douglas Nyaude through Graham and Douglas Real Estate. In a case of a double sale, Douglas Nyaude sold the same property to the plaintiff sometime in September 2009. The plaintiff commenced constructing a structure on the property. On 14 November 2014, the defendant filed an application under case number HC 13223/12 seeking a declarator that he was the owner of the property and an order compelling Douglas Nyaunde to transfer... More
