The applicant seeks an order that the respondent be ordered to pay a sum of $15 000.00 to the Registrar of High Court as security for costs for case number HC 53/18 (main case), before such case can be set down for trial. The application is opposed. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the magistrate sitting at Bulawayo on the 8th January 2018.The respondents instituted action in the Magistrates’ Court seeking amongst other things the eviction of the appellant and payment of arrear rentals in respect of a property known as number 4 Clocolan Road, Burnside, Bulawayo. The respondent defended the matter. The matter was set down for a pre-trial conference. The applicant and her legal practitioner failed to attend the hearing. The respondent applied for and obtained leave to file an application to strike out appellant’s defence. The application was made and an order... More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrates’ Court sitting at Bulawayo on the 15th February 2019.The background to the case is that the respondents instituted action in the Magistrates’ Court seeking inter alia the eviction of the appellant and payment of arrear rates in respect of an immovable property known as 4 Clocolon Road, Burnside, Bulawayo. The appellant defended the matter. The matter was set down for a pre-trial conference. The appellant and her legal practitioner failed to attend court on the date of the pre-trial conference. The respondent applied for and obtained leave to file an... More
On 21 July 2015 the plaintiff issued process out of this Court against the first and second defendants with the 3rd defendants merely cited in his official capacity. In the action the plaintiff sought to recover from the 1st and 2nd defendants a sum of USD144 864-00 being damages for unjust enrichment arising out of improvements allegedly made by the plaintiff on the latter’s Kalanga Farm.
The plaintiff also sought to recover interest on the amount of claim at the prescribed rate from the date of issue of summons to date of payment in full together with costs of suit. More
