This matter raises the fundamental issue of whether or not a Labour Court judgment denominated in United States Dollars is capable of registration by this court. More
[1] This is a special plea. The facts giving rise to this special plea may be briefly summarized as follows, the plaintiff issued summons against the defendant on 10 September 2024 seeking an order for payment of US23 943.85 being the replacement value of the damaged electric motor and the variable speed drive (VSD) control box; payment of US136 400.00 being the value of the loss of potential income which was anticipated from the expected wheat yield allegedly caused by the defendant’s electrical fault on the electricity distribution transformer which caused damage on plaintiff’s electric motor and the variable speed... More
Appellant was in the employ of the Respondent. The facts are that he bought some meat products from Respondent’s workplace on the pretext that there was a traditional ceremony he was going to attend when in fact there were for sale. He was subsequently charged under the Employer’s Code of Conduct and dismissed from employment. His dismissal was upheld by the Arbitrator. Appellant is dissatisfied and has approached this Court for relief. More
The defendants filed a special plea to the plaintiff’s summons as amplified in the plaintiff’s declaration. According to the plaintiff’s declaration the plaintiff is has been a long standing member of the Movement for Democratic Change, (MDC) one of Zimbabwe’s leading opposition party. The defendants are members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. He alleged that as a result of his affiliation with the MDC, he has over the years been subjected to harassment and torture by fellow members in his community who are active members of the Ruling Party Zanu PF. As a result on 7 August 2018 the plaintiff’s... More
The first two respondents were issued with offer letters in respect of subdivision 7 and 10 of The Grove in the district of Goromonzi under the Land Reform and Resettlement Programme (Model A2, Phase 11) scheme respectively. More
This is an application wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:-
“1. The first and second respondents sign all documents and take all necessary
steps (including obtaining the Master’s Consent) to pass transfer in favour of
the applicants of the property being a certain piece of Land situate in the
District of Salisbury, being Lot 1 of Subdivision A of Lot 18 of Greendale
held under Deed of Transfer Number 5266/84. More
This is an application for the amendment of a plea. The amendment is sought in terms of r 41(4) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The applicant seeks to amend his pela in case number HC 7833/22 (“main matter”). The respondent opposes the amendment. For purposes of this judgment, and in order to avoid confusion, I will refer to the parties, were the context permits by their names i.e. the applicant as ‘Chimbetete’ and the respondent as ‘Bako.’ More
The seven applicants approached the court on/with an application for bail pending trial. The applicants are facing one count of public violence as defined in s 36 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] and one count of murder as defined in s 47 of the same Act. It is alleged that on 26 May 2012 the applicants who are Zanu PF supporters acting with common purposes teamed up with other five Zanu PF supporters and being armed with logs and stones went and attacked MDC T party supporters who were attending a police sanctioned rally... More
The brief background to the application is given below. The applicant (judgment debtor) lost an appeal in the Supreme Court against a judgment of the High Court as a result of which the Supreme Court ordered inter alia that;
“the plaintiff (1st respondent in casu)’s claim for eviction of the respondent and all those claiming occupation through him from number 12 Le Roux Drive, Hillside, Harare is granted. It is worth highlighting that by judgment of the Supreme Court aforesaid the applicant in casu had to be ejected from number 12 Le Roux Drive, Hillside, aforesaid”.
Pursuant to the order... More
For purposes of this judgment, the parties shall be referred to as the applicants and respondents as cited in HC694/20, HC1689/20 and HC10007/19. I have made the decision to write an omnibus judgment in all four matters More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) which dismissed the appellant’s appeal against conviction on 3 counts of sexually related crimes against minors. More
The appellant was convicted on two counts of contravening s 3 (1)(b) of the Sexual Offences Act [Chapter 9.2] and on one count of contravening s 7 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9.23]. On each count he was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment. Of the total 24 months, 12 were suspended on condition of good behaviour, leaving an effective sentence of 12 months. Dissatisfied with the conviction and sentence, the appellant noted an appeal to this court attacking both the conviction and the sentence. More
The plaintiff sued both the defendants for an order of ejectment from Stand 28401 Salisbury Township of Salisbury Township Lands otherwise known as 24 Barbara Tredgold Circle Mbare Harare (the Property) previously owned by the first defendant and purchased at an auction sale in execution in a matter wherein the first defendant was the judgement debtor. More
