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The applicant filed an application in this court seeking relief which is stated in the draft order as follows: The respondent’s termination of the applicant’s contract of employment effected on the 8th April 2005, and communicated to him by way of a letter dated 9th May be and is hereby set aside. Prior to this dispute the applicant was employed by the respondent as a personal banker until the 8th April 2005 when his contract of employment was unilaterally terminated by the respondent. More

Initially this appeal was in respect of both conviction and sentence. However at the commencement of the hearing of the appeal Mr Mafa for the appellant withdrew the appeal in respect of the sentence and thus abandoned the grounds of appeal in relation to the sentence. This appeal now solely relates to the conviction. More

TAKUVA J: On the 24th of August 2007, the plaintiff and 1st and 2nd defendants entered into an agreement for the “exchange” of her property namely Stand 4458 Bulawayo Township of Bulawayo with 1st and 2nd defendants’ property namely a restaurant registered under Richdena Investments (Pvt) Ltd. Plaintiff unsuccessfully demanded company documents from 1st and 2nd defendants to enable her to effect transfer of the restaurant into her names. More

Afterthe preliminaries on 18 March 2013, the trial in this matter began in earnest on 8 April 2013. The defendant had the duty to begin. That had been the agreement at the pre-trial conference. At the close of the defendant’s case the plaintiff applied for absolution from the instance. I reserved judgment. This is the judgment. More

This is the judgment in the interlocutory application by Efrolou [Private] Limited, Plaintiff in the case under reference number HC 1816/10, and First Defendant in the case under reference number HC 3285/10 [hereafter referred to as “Efrolou”] More

At the conclusion of the hearing of this appeal I dismissed the appeal in its entirety with costs and indicated that the reasons will follow. These are they:- This is an appeal against the Appeal‘s Committee’s decision which upheld the Disciplinary Committee’s verdict and penalty. More

The plaintiffs’ story can be gleaned from their declaration. It is this: In August 2009 the plaintiffs entered into a partnership agreement in terms of which the first plaintiff would import day old chicks from LA CHIX (PVT) LTD, a South African Company, to be sold locally by the second plaintiff. On 27 October, 2009 the first plaintiff made a telegraphic transfer of ZAR 128 350-00 from its account number 0622018874001 held with the defendant in favour of LA CHIX’s Standard Bank South Africa account number 200240684 for the purchase of day old chicks. On 28 October, 2009 ZAR 15... More

In this matter the Appellant appealed against an arbitral award handed down on 14th of April 2014. When the parties before me on the date of hearing the Respondent took two points in limine. The court upheld both points in limine and consequently dismissed the appeal. The court indicated that the reasons were to follow. More

The appellant was arraigned before the Regional Magistrate at Bindura on a charge of rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He pleaded not guilty but was convicted after a trial. He was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment of which 31/2years imprisonment was suspended on condition of good behaviour. He now appeals against both conviction and sentence More

I heard this application sixteen (16) months ago. I delivered an ex tempore judgment in which I dismissed it with costs. I entertained the view that the reasons which I spelt out at the time were sufficient to put the matter to rest. More

The roots of the dispute in this matter lie in tender ZETDC/Inter/O7/21 for the supply and delivery of prepayment meters vending system flighted by the fourth respondent. The applicant submitted a bid and was unsuccessful whilst the fifth respondent was the successful bidder. The applicant sought to challenge the bidding process and was advised that it should pay the sum of US$50 000 for that purpose. The applicant holds a strong view that the requirement to pay security to challenge a bidding process is unconstitutional. It is trite that the applicant is a company registered in England and Wales. It... More

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court handed down on 14 May 2021. In that judgment, the court a quo held that monetary assets in offshore accounts forming part of the matrimonial assets to be divided between the appellant and the first respondent, following their divorce did not constitute a foreign obligation. More

ELENA GONYE AND JOSEPH TASOSA AND LOISE CHAILES BELL AND MAMTA DESAI AND GAIL COLETTE CLINTON AND RUSSEL JOHN CLINTON AND GITA RANCHOD AND TAWANDA MAPHOSA AND MARIA ANSARI AND THEODORE TUMAZOS AND PERPETUA SANGAZA AND PRECIOUS CHIDAVAENZI AND ELAINE DA’QUINO AND SARAH ANNE COOK AND TRACEY JACOBS AND CRAIG MICHAEL ROBERTS AND TAKURA OBERT TSENZERE AND KEVIN PHILIP AND LINDA ANN COOK AND ANGELA ANDROUNAKOS AND RUBY MAGOSVONAWE AND SUSAN ROBINSON AND E. CHIGU AND S. YALIAS AND MATHEW SIBANDA AND DEEVIA CHOUHAN AND JUNE DIANE BARNES AND HEATHER C. SINGLETON AND VIVON NIGEL GABRIEL AND GREGORY ROBINSON AND BEVERLEY ARORA AND ERIC YORK AND CANDICE COLLIN AND TAFADZWA AGNES RANGARIRA AND ALISON HOLMAN AND LINDA GIBBONS AND PETER CONSTAN-TATOS AND JOANNA PRECIOUS AND TINOMUDWISHE CHINHENGO AND CHARLES ROSS BROWNLEE WALKER AND DESIREE A. CABLE AND HELENE T.I. TSELENTIS AND E.M. KOUPARIS AND A.N. KOUPARIS AND H.A. LYNDON THOMPSON AND ELIA JASMINE PLANT AND IAN GILMOUR AND ANDREW C. HILL AND FIONA ATKINSON VERSUS REDAN KEROSENE (PVT) LIMITED AND MARK CAMPBELL HOUNSELL AND CITY OF HARARE AND CITY OF HARARE DEPARTMENT OF WORKS (CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) AND TOWN PLANNER MUDZENGERERE (2023-09-07)
The crux of the applicants’ case is that they are aggrieved by construction work commenced by the first respondent in their residential area. They aver that the first respondent has begun ground work for the construction of a fuel station and a fast food outlet at Stand Number 5273 Churchill Avenue, Harare (hereinafter called “the property”). Additionally, the applicants contend that a commercial outlet in this residential area would result in the disruption of the peaceful life they enjoy in their neighborhood. In particular, the complaint is that the operation of a fuel station in the area would expose residents... More

At the onset of oral argument in this Court respondent raised 2 points in limine which applicant opposed. 1. That the application is in improper form 2.That the application is fatally defective for failure to comply with prescribed time limits More

This is an urgent application filed on 2 February 2011 and the applicants seek the following relief: “Final Order 1. That the first respondent revokes the appointment of Wesley Militala as Provisional Judicial Manager of David Whitehead Textiles Limited for failure to give security for the proper performance of his duties in terms s 302(1)(b)(i) of the Companies Act [Cap 24:03] and appoints in his place a suitable person as the Provisional Judicial Manager of David Whitehead Textiles Limited. 2. That the first and second respondents pay the costs of suit at an attorney – client scale More