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The applicant in this matter seeks interim relief couched in the following manner: “Pending the confirmation or discharge of the order, applicant is granted the following interim relief: 1. The execution of this court’s judgment under HC 2776/19 be and is hereby stayed. 2. The 3rd respondent shall not take any steps to execute in terms of the court order dated 14 May 2020. 3. In the event 3rd respondent would have executed by the time of the order, the 3rd respondent shall restore possession to the applicant. The facts of this matter are that the 1st respondents obtained a... More

This is an application for bail pending appeal. After a contested trial applicant and others who are not part of this application were convicted and sentenced by the Regional Magistrate sitting at Bulawayo on the 11th February 2022. They were convicted and sentenced on one count of contravening section 82(1) of S.I. 362/90 as read with section 128(b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14], as amended in section 11 of the General Law Amendment 5/2011(possession of raw unmarked / unregistered ivory). They were sentenced each to the minimum mandatory imprisonment of nine years. Aggrieved by both conviction and... More

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