The applicant is a local authority established in terms of the Urban Councils Act (Chapter 24:03). The applicant is the registered owner of stand 484 Jakaranda Drive, Victoria Falls. The stand is currently being occupied by the respondent. More
This is an application for leave to sue a company in liquidation brought under section 213 of the Companies Act [Chapter 24:03] by the applicant against the respondents.
The applicant is a company duly incorporated and registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe.
The first respondent is cited as the provisional liquidator of the second respondent.
The second respondent is a duly incorporated company which is currently under liquidation with the first respondent as the liquidator as a result of the order of this court of 1 November 2012.
The detailed background to this case is stated hereunder. More
MABHIKWA J: The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant. She alleged that she and the defendant were married in terms of Shona custom in December 2006. She said that the defendant is therefore her estranged customary law husband. The parties are now living separately and not as husband and wife. There are three minor children born of the union namely Byron Sydwell, Darrel Sydwell and Mia Sydwell Nsingo.
During the subsistence of the said union, there developed and existed a “tacit universal partnership between the parties wherein the two were equal partners. The plaintiff was employed by Exortica Nurseries from... More
The matter before the Court is for Divorce. The parties have been married to each other for over two decades in terms of the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. The marriage was blessed with two children namely who are now both major. The Parties have agreed that the marriage has irretrievably broken down and that divorce should be granted. The parties concluded that the household property be awarded to the Plaintiff. More
This is an application purportedly made for the guardianship of a minor child in terms of the Guardianship of Minors Act (Chapter 5:08). The order sought by the applicant is couched in the following terms:
“1. Applicant be and is hereby granted custody of the minor child, namely Zoleka Mhlanga (a minor born on 9th June 2004)
2. That 1st respondent be granted access to the minor child, every alternative school holiday.”
The application is opposed. The 1st respondent has raised certain preliminary issues which are dispositve of the mater. I shall consider these issues in turn. More
