The applicant filed an urgent chamber application and sought the following relief:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
1. That the reallocation of stand number 32, Muguta Shopping Centre, Epworth to the second, third, fourth respondent or any other person be and is hereby reversed.
2. That the first respondent is ordered to expedite the process of approving the applicant’s building plans.
3. Alternatively that first respondent allocates the applicant another commercial stand of the same size.
4. That first applicant to pay costs of this application on the legal practitioner –client scale. More
Following an urgent chamber application for stay of execution, the applicant and first respondent had entered into a deed of settlement on 24 May 2016 in which the Applicant (as then first respondent), agreed to stay execution on account that the 1st Respondent (as then Applicant), paid an amount of $40 345.45 owing to it as rentals in monthly instalments of $6000.00 starting 30 May 2016 and thereafter on the 24th day of every new month for a further period of 7 months until the debt was extinguished. More
In this matter the marriage between the plaintiff and first defendant was dissolved by a decree of this court on 26 November 2019 in an initial action where the parties were only the plaintiff, first and second defendant. The second defendant had been cited because of allegations of adultery between her and the first defendant. It appears that the issue of adultery damages was resolved out of court through a deed of settlement of 26 November 2019 with second defendant paying ZWL $20 000.00 and the second defendant ceased to be directly involved in the proceedings hence her nonappearance in... More
In Case No. HC 4174/10, the applicant in this matter filed for the review and setting aside of an arbitral award rendered in arbitration proceedings between the parties. The award was made on 26 May 2010 and the application for review was filed on 21 June 2010. There were delays in confirming and preparing the record of those proceedings for various reasons. The applicant now seeks condonation for the late filing of the arbitral record to enable the review proceedings to continue. More
Chesa for the State
MUREMBA J: The issue of granting bail to persons accused of robbery, particularly in cases of robbery involving the use of firearms, is a contentious and polarizing matter in this country. Robbery, committed in aggravating circumstances, is a heinous and violent crime. A significant increase in such robberies has, unfortunately been reported across the country. It is a crime that poses a grave threat to societal safety, fuelling widespread public calls for tougher measures, such as harsher penalties and denial of bail for those accused of it. Many people express outrage and frustration when bail is... More
