The background of this matter is that applicants and respondents have a dispute regarding issues at the 8th and 9th respondents being a church in Zimbabwe but also headquartered internationally overseas. Applicants are disgruntled with the manner in which the constitution of the church in Zimbabwe from the founding affidavit and the rest of the papers although the draft order (clause (9)) thereof is relating to the constitution of 1st respondent yet 1st respondent per the founding affidavit is a natural person. There is seemingly a problem there. The applicants also have an issue with the way they were evicted... More
This is an application for rescission of judgment in terms of Order 49 Rule 449 (a) of the High Court Rules, 1971. The application is opposed by the respondent who contends that the application is entirely devoid of any merit.
Factual background
Inspite of the voluminous nature of the application before this court the facts giving rise to this application may be summerised for convenience as follows. The applicants filed a court application on 5th April 2018 and served it on the respondent on 16th April 2018. Despite having filed their answering affidavit on the 11th of July 2018 and... More
The applicant and 1st respondent have had a long standing mining dispute concerning mining claims, Midway 21 and Clifton 15. The dispute was referred to the Provincial Mining Director of Masvingo who gave a determination in favour of the applicant.
The area in which the mining claim is situated falls under Mberengwa. Following the Masvingo Provincial Mining Director’s determination, the 1st respondent took the matter to the Gweru Provincial Mining Director who also gave a determination in favour of the applicant. Dissatisfied with the determination, the 1st respondent appealed to the Minister of Mines and Mining Development and was successful.... More
This is an application in terms of Order 49 rule 449 of the High Court rules, 1971 to correct a judgment of this court handed down on the 1st June 2017. The basis of the application is that the judgment of this court under cover of No. HB131/17 was made on the basis of a mistake that was common to all the parties; that the correction sought herein will not change the substance of the judgment but only the citation of the third respondent so that it properly reads Minister of Mines and Mining Development N.O. and that no party... More
This is an urgent application. This application was filed in this court on the 19th January 2022. It was then placed before me and I directed that it be served on the respondents together with a notice of set down for the 27 January 2022. More
