Plaintiff and defendant were married on 18 August, 2001 in terms of the Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11]. The marriage was blessed with three children, Tania Tashinga Guchu, born 11 July, 2002, Tiffany Guchu, born 12 November, 2005, and, Sasha Guchu, born 8 April, 2008. On 10 of September 2021, Plaintiff issued summons out of this court claiming an order for a decree of divorce together with ancillary relief. In seeking the dissolution of the marriage the plaintiff alleged that the marriage relationship between the parties has irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there are no prospects of restoration... More
The applicant seeks an order of spoliation. The subject matter is a certain Land Rover Discovery 5 motor vehicle. The facts are interesting. The applicant is a duly registered company. It is in the business of buying and selling motor vehicles, brand new or used. It also services them. The second respondent was at all material times the applicant’s general manager until the dispute over this vehicle blew up in the last two weeks or so. She was suspended pending disciplinary proceedings against her. She opted to resign, citing incessant harassment. That put paid to the disciplinary proceedings. More
This is an Urgent Chamber Application for Stay of Execution of an arbitral award granted by Honourable P. Chawira on 12th February 2014.
In terms of the award, the Applicant was ordered to pay an amount of US$3 500.00 as terminal benefits to the Respondent.
The Respondent proceeded to have the arbitral award registered with the Magistrates Court under case No. 3338/14, for purposes of enforcement. In pursuance of such enforcement, a Notice of Attachment in Execution was issued on 4th July 2014, in terms whereof various goods belonging to the Applicant were placed under judicial attachment, pending removal on... More
This is a court application seeking to set aside an arbitral award issued by the second respondent on 25 February 2021 for the reason that it is contrary to public policy. More
The applicant, a legal entity which is registered in Zimbabwe, contracted the first respondent, a tobacco grower, to grow tobacco crop on its behalf for the 2018-2019 tobacco season. The second and third respondents bound themselves as sureties and co-principal debtors with the first respondent. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the respondent officer reprimanding appellant employer for 6 months with effect from 15 February 2021. This was at the backdrop of her having been charged and tried on allegations of incompetent or inefficient conduct of her duties in contravention of section (4)(f) of the Model Code. More
This matter was set down as an application for condonation for late filing of an appeal. In response to the application the respondent employer raised with the court points in limine which points are the subject matter of this judgment.
The employer took 3 points that is (1) application was not served on time (2) Answering affidavit was improperly before the court (3) Applicant was bared for failure to file heads of argument. In the result the employer prayed that the application for condonation be struck off the roll with costs on the basis of the points raised above. More
On the set down date of the appeal by the appellant against the respondents appeals bodys decision in a labor dispute between appellant and her employer the employer took the point that the appeal was bad at law as it attacked the hearing officer’s decision and not the appeals officer’s decision. It is only this point which is addressed by this ruling. More
The 3 appellants were convicted of 2 counts of stocktheft as defined in section 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. They were sentenced to 9 years imprisonment on each count leaving them with an effective sentence of 18 years imprisonment. More
The background of this case is that, the plaintiff got divorced from a previous marriage on 14 June, 2012. As part of the divorce settlement, she was awarded Stand 430, Westwood. On 8 December, 2012, she married the defendant. On 13 March, 2013, the couple had a child; Tanyaradzwa Mufambi. More
The applicant is on trial before the Regional Court for the Eastern Division sitting at Harare on two counts of bribery as defined in s 170 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
The applicant is on trial before the Regional Court of the Eastern Division of two charges of bribery as defined in s 170 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations being that on or around 26 June 2014 she corruptly offered JUSTICE FELICIA CHATUKUTA, a High Court Judge some money as a reward for rendering judgment favourable a certain company known as Avondale Holdings (Pvt) Ltd in case No. HC 4018/14. More
