This court has no choice but to rely on the evidence of the plaintiff, who was a party to the agreement, he told the court how he occupied the property being the subject matter of this dispute. He told the court how he paid for the property and produced bank deposit receipts into the deceased’s bank account in South Africa. He occupied this place from 2001 to date. The defendant’s witness, told the court that she is not aware of any payments of rates by the deceased estate, neither is she aware of any rentals being paid by the plaintiff... More
On the 11 September 2019, plaintiff sued out a summons against the defendant praying for an order of divorce and other ancillary relief. On the 8 September 2020, a pre-trial conference was held before a judge of this court. The presiding judge referred the matter to trial. The trial was set down for the 10 November 2020. A copy of the notice of set-down was served on defendant’s legal practitioners on the 6 October 2020, and on plaintiff’s legal practitioners on the 7 October 2020.
In anticipation of the trial date, defendant filed an affidavit in support of an application... More
In this application, applicant seeks a declaratory order to the effect that 4th respondent’s attachment, subsequent sale of applicant’s undivided share in her matrimonial home and also his failure to immediately remit her share of the proceeds of the auction thereof were unlawful. More
TAKUVA J: This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is on remand on one count of murder and six counts of attempted murder. The allegations are that on 9 February 2021 at approximately 01:00 hours, the applicant proceeded to the complainant’s homestead where upon arrival sprinkled some inflammable liquid around a three bedroomed house and set it on fire. Inside the house were 7 occupants sleeping in different rooms. One of the complainants Robert Donga a75year old man was seriously burnt and he died the following day. The other six who are aged 51 years, 22 years, 19... More
This matter was set down in motion court on the 26th January 2023. It is a review application seeking the following relief:
“1. The decision of the magistrate sitting at Lupane under case number LPN 166/19, wherein the applicant was convicted and sentenced to 9 years mandatory minimum sentence is hereby set aside and substituted with the following order:
“The trial be heard de novo before a different magistrate.”
2. No order as to costs.” More
