This is an appeal in terms of s 68J of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6:01] against the Master’s finding that the first respondent was a customary law wife to the late Josphat Whacha. More
Sometime in May 2018, second respondent purchased a certain piece of land in the District of Charter, called Wiltshire 1010, commonly known as Farm 1010 Wiltshire Chivhu (the property|). The Deed of Transfer was executed at Harare on 13 May, 2019. Second applicant took occupation of the property without second respondent’s consent, attempted to erect illegal structures and also placed cattle on the property which are interfering with the developments the second respondent is desirous of constructing. Despite being notified of second respondent’s ownership of the property, second applicant has failed, neglected or refused to vacate the property. Second respondent... More
The plaintiff and the first defendant were partners in a computer software business. The two successfully tendered to supply the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) with some computer software that NSSA required for its operations. The first defendant did not possess the requisite skills and expertise to secure the contract and so it roped in the plaintiff to complement its capabilities and chances of securing the contract. The plaintiff and the first defendant entered into a revenue sharing agreement in anticipation of the payment of the fees for the services to be rendered to NSSA. The plaintiff contends that the... More
These matters were all set down before me for the hearing of certain preliminary issues arising out of the service of election petitions subsequent to their filing by the petitioners. As the issues before me were concerned with legal disputes I found it convenient to have the matters set down for hearing at the same. In order to accommodate counsel I heard the last three matters in the morning and the first two in the afternoon. I also, for the sake of convenience, decided to do a composite judgment of all the matters. The question in all five matters was... More
This is an appeal against sentence imposed following the conviction of the appellant on charges of stock-theft as defined in S 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification moreover, Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The appeal pertains to three records which were tried separately. These are CRB GT 96/17, CRB GT 592/1, and CRB GT 604/17. The first two records have already been considered by this court in the exercise of its review powers following the referral of the records in terms of s 57 of the Magistrate Court Act. This Court is
not going to interfere with the review decision made... More
