The plaintiff is a company duly registered in terms of the Companies Act Chapter 24:03 and carrying on business at 3rd Floor Mership House, J.M. Nkomo Street/9th Avenue, Bulawayo. The defendant is a body corporate with perpetual succession capable of suing and of being sued in its corporate name, performing all acts that a body corporate may by law perform. More
In September, 2016 the applicant purchased the mining business from Old Nic Mine. It undertook to employ the mine’s former workers. Its undertaking was premised on the condition that the workers would not claim from it any money which was due to them from Old Nic Mine for the period that they were on unpaid leave. A majority of the mine’s former workers agreed to the condition. They were therefore re-engaged and their contracts of employment taken over and carried forward by the applicant. The respondents did not agree to the condition which the applicant proposed to others and them.... More
The applicant instituted proceedings as a matter of urgency. The application was lodged in this Court on 15 May 2020, and heard on 29 May 2019. The final and the interim relief sought by the applicant have been formulated as follows:
“Terms of the final order sought:
1. That it be and is hereby declared that the election of the applicant is lawful as it was in consequence of section 103 (4) as read section 103 (3) (iii) of the Urban Councils Act (Chapter 29:15).
2. Alternatively, that it be and is hereby ordered that applicant’s election occurred after 2ndrespondent‘s... More
This is an application for dismissal for want of prosecution of the main matter which is HC 1627/20. The application is made in terms of Rule 236 (4) of the High Court Rules 1971.
The chronology of events is that on the 23rd of September 2020, the respondents instituted a court application in HC 1627/20 and the application was opposed on 2 October 2020. That on 4 November 2020 the applicant in that matter filed an answering affidavit. That in terms of Rule 236 (4) of the High Court Rules 1971, where the applicant would have filed an answering affidavit... More
This is an appeal against conviction and sentence. The appeal was heard on 10 January 2024 and it was dismissed it in its entirety in an ex tempore judgment.The appellant pleaded not guilty. In his defence he explained that he was not denying the charge but this was a fight between him and the complainant. After hearing evidence from three state witnesses the court a quo dismissed the appellant’s story and was satisfied the witnesses were credible. There was no fight but the complainant was assaulted with unknown weapons and bricks in an attempt to rob him. The savage attack... More
