On 23 December 1995 Plaintiff and Defendant were married in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 37], now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. The marriage was blessed with four children who are all majors. On 15 July 2010 Plaintiff issued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. In his Declaration, Plaintiff stated that the marriage relationship between the parties has irretrievably broken down to the extent that there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation. More
On 4 November 2004, the applicants brought the above application seeking an order that certain documents filed with the third respondent, relating to the shareholding structure of the fourth applicant be declared of no force and effect as having been forged. It was specifically alleged that the first respondent had forged these documents.
The first respondent, who although not denying that the information in the documents complained of was false, denied being the author of such. In his opposing affidavit, the first respondent avers that he invited the first to third applicant to join as directors of the fourth applicant... More
The appellant (hereinafter referred to as Chidemo) was charged with nine counts of contravening s 136 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was convicted on 12 December 2017, after contest,of two counts and acquitted of the remaining seven counts. He was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment of which 1 year was suspended on condition of future good behaviour. A further 2 years were suspended on condition he restituted the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) in the sum of USD450 538.61.On 29 December 2017 he noted an appeal against conviction under case number CA 820/2017. On 28... More
The parties in this matter were dealers in cotton. On 17 August 2011 they entered into a written agreement in terms of which the defendant, as plaintiff’s agent, would buy from the cotton farmers around the country seed cotton for delivery to the plaintiff’s ginnery or other ginneries chosen by the defendant and approved by the plaintiff. The seed cotton would be processed into lint and cotton seed. The plaintiff would provide an initial amount of US$120 000-00 in two phases which the defendant would utilise for the purchase of 205 tonnes of the seed cotton. The agreement would operate... More
On the 27th May 2014 the plaintiff issued summons out of this court seeking a sharing of immovable and movable properties she alleged were acquired during the subsistence of an unregistered customary law union with the defendant. More
