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It is important to give a background of the matter. The background is this:- The applicant is a member of the 1st respondent, a co-operative registered in terms of the Co-operative Societies Act (Chapter 24:05) and so registered since 1994. The 1st respondent owns a farm known as Lot 1 of Copthal Block 2 situated in Gwanda and measuring 4551,524 hectares. The members are into cattle ranching. The members had a dispute over the keeping of members’ personal cattle on the farm and the dispute was resolved by CHIWESHE J (as he then was) under judgment number HB 71-2002. The... More

This is an application brought in terms of section 359 (8) of the High Court Rules, 1971, to set aside the decision of the 3rd respondent, which decision confirmed the sale in execution of the applicant’s immovable property to the 2nd respondent. The background facts are these. The applicant owns a company called TLP Agencies (Pvt) Ltd. The company owed money to the 1st respondent and the applicant was surety and co-principal debtor. The 1st respondent obtained judgment which resulted in the sale of the applicant’s immovable property in satisfaction of the debt. The immovable property, known as Stand number... More

DUBE-BANDA J: This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is charged with the crime of robberyas defined in section 126 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 14 June 2021, at about 23 45 hours, the applicant in the company two persons still at large approached the complainant who had parked his motor vehicle a Toyota Hilux at Total Garage, in Bulawayo. Applicant and his accomplices are said to have produced a rifle and a pistol which they used to threaten the complainant before pulling him out of the... More

1. This is a chamber application for dismissal for want of prosecution in terms of r 59 (15) (b) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The applicant seeks to dismiss an application for rescission of judgment filed under cover of case number HC 637/21 (main application). The order sought is couched in the following terms: a. That the respondent’s court application for rescission of judgment under Case No. 637/21 be dismissed for want of prosecution. b. Each party to bear its own costs of suit. 2. The application is opposed by the respondent. More

This is an opposed application for the removal of 1st respondent as the executor (Executrix Dative) in the estate of the late Grace Bellodi under DRB 283/17. More