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The Bulawayo City Council owns land in which there is a farm going by name Look Kraal Farm. The applicant’s parents have been renting that farm for several years. It happens that the farm is now more known for gold than the farming of any kind. The 1st respondent is a mining syndicate needless to say attracted to and interested in gold. The 5th respondent owns a gold mine near the Look Kraal Farm. The gold mine in question is called Wolley Dog Mine. These are the main players in this dispute. The parties have been in and out of... More

MABHIKWA J: The applicant filed an application for the review of the 2nd respondent’s decision made on 23 August 2019 in determining a mining dispute between the applicant and the 3rd respondent. The grounds for review were as follows; 1. The procedure used by the 2nd respondent in determining the dispute using a Global Positioning System (GPS) survey was grossly irregular to the extent that it contravenes the principles and procedures laid out in the Mines and Minerals Act (Chapter 21:08). 2. The decision of the 2nd respondent in ordering thatShebeen King Mine registration 6734 must “revert to its docket... More

The applicants have filed this Urgent Chamber Application seeking to interdict the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and 5 others respondents from conducting or leading any process or exhumation of the bodies of the victims of post –independence conflict, usually referred to as “Gukurahundi”. The applicants seek an order against the respondents in the following terms: “Interim Relief sought Pending the finalisation of this matter, applicant be and is hereby granted the following relief: 1. The 1st, 3rd respondents jointly and severely or through their representatives, members, agents of persons acting on their behalf and the 4th respondent be... More

Plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming: (a) The eviction of the defendant and or those claiming occupation through him from certain piece of land situate in the District of Bulawayo being stand number 8621 Nkulumane Township. (b) Holdover damages of $6,50 per day from the issue of summons up to the eviction of the defendant. (c) Costs on an attorney-client scale. Defendant entered appearance to defend and subsequently the matter was referred to trial on two issues captured in the joint pre-trial conference minute as: More

DUBE-BANDA J: Before me is an urgent chamber application. This application was launched in this court on 22 July 2021. It is opposed by the 1strespondent. The 2ndiscited in his official capacity because the implementation of the order sought by the applicant, if granted may require his services. The applicant seeks the following relief: Final relief sought That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms: a. That the provisional order set out herein be and is hereby confirmed. b. That the 1st respondent be and is hereby permanently... More