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TAKUVA J: This is an application for summary judgment in favour of the applicants and against the respondents in the following terms: “1. The 2nd and 3rd respondents and all those claiming occupation through them be and are hereby ordered to vacate the property known as subdivision H of Lot 11 of Montegomery situate in the District of Bulawayo also known as number 11Seynor Road, Montgomery, Bulawayo. 2. The 2nd and 3rd respondents beand are hereby ordered to pay holdover damages in the sum of US$300,00 permonth with effect from 1 December 2018 to date of ejectment from the property.... More

This is a court application for leave to execute pending appeal. The order sought is in the following terms:- “1. The applicants be and are hereby granted leave to execute the judgment of this court granted on 14th July 2022 for the ejectment of 1st and 2nd respondents and all those claiming ownership through them from number 11 Seymour Road, Montgomery, Bulawayo, pending the hearing and determination of the appeal filed under case number SCB 77-22. 2. The respondents shall pay the costs of suit on an attorney and client scale.” The application is opposed by the respondents who argue... More

Applicant filed this application seeking the following interim relief:- More

Applicants seek leave to execute two writs of execution against the 1st respondent, a company under judicial management.The background reveals a protracted litigation between the parties. Applicants are employees and former employees of the 1st respondent. Following 1st respondent’s neglect and outright refusal to pay their salaries, applicants approached the National Employment Council for the Security Industry for redress. They obtained awards in their favour in 2014. The 1st respondent unsuccessfully challenged the award in the Labour Court. Applicants then sought enforcement in this court but 1st respondent again challenged the same, subsequently applicants obtained writs of execution and attached... More

1. This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicant is charged with the crime of kidnapping as defined in section 93(1) (a) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 13th July 2022 the applicant with his accomplices who are still at large hatched a plan and connived to kidnap five Indian nationals (victims) who were on their way from Bulawayo to Beitbridge. He took the kidnapped victims to his house and started a tele-communication with their relative who was in South Africa demanding payment for their release. He subsequently... More