The appellant and the first respondent are former husband and wife, their marriage having been dissolved by a decree of divorce issued on 26 November 2019. Their proprietary rights were determined subsequently by judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”) delivered on 24 July 2023. In that judgment, the court a quo distributed their property, including a farm known as Randhurst Grange Estate situate in the district of Goromonzi measuring 926.5930 hectares (“Machipisa farm”) and a business known as Zororo Energy Private Limited (“Zororo Energy”), which properties form the basis of this appeal, the appellant having appealed against... More
Plaintiff in this matter issued summons against the two defendants claiming . Payment of the sum of $400 000-00 due by 1st and 2nd defendants to the plaintiff being damages arising from the defendant’s wrongful and unlawful conduct which resulted in plaintiff’s minor child who does not have legal capacity being circumcised without the consent of the plaintiffs’ the biological parents.
2. Interest at the prescribed rate of 5% per annum reckoned from the date of summons to date of full payment.” More
An order that 1st Defendant in his capacity as the Executor in the estate of Pilate Moyo be ordered to transfer stand 1255 Dulibadzimu Township Beitbridge into the names of Plaintiff within 10 days of service of this order on 1st Defendant.
b) An order that should 1st Defendant fail to comply with (a) above, the Sheriff of Zimbabwe or his deputy be authorized to sign all the transfer papers in 1st Defendant’s stead in order to effect transfer of stand 1255 Dulibadzimu Township Beitbridge to the Plaintiff.
c) An order that 2nd Defendant pays the costs of suit.
The... More
This is an Urgent Chamber Application for the stay of proceedings which were to be held on 14 April 2025. The application was filed with the Court on the date of the hearing. The Court gave instructions for the Respondents to file their opposing papers and Applicant was thereafter to file heads of argument by end of day on 16 April 2025. The Respondents were to file their heads of argument by 22 April 2025 and the matter was to be heard on 24 April 2025. I should point out that certain developments instituted by First Respondent led to the... More
1. This is an application for bail pending appeal against conviction and sentence. The applicant was arraigned before the Magistrates’ Court sitting at Hwange. The applicant and his co-accused who are not part of this application were charged with the crime of contravening section 82(1)(b) of the Parks and Wildlife Regulations S.I. 362/1990 as read with section 128(1)(b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14]. It being alleged that on the 17 November 2021 at VID bus stop, Hwange, the applicant and his co-accused one or all of them unlawfully possessed six pieces of raw unmarked elephant ivory weighing... More
The plaintiff husband sued his wife for divorce on 20 September 2005. She entered her plea and counterclaim on 19 May 2006. The matter was referred to trial at the pre-trial conference held on 19 June 2007. The parties agreed at the pre-trial conference that their marriage had irretrievably broken down. They also agreed on the issues of custody, access to and the payment of school fees of the minor children of the marriage and on the distribution of all the movable property. The sole issue that was referred for trial was on the equitable distribution of the matrimonial home,... More
This is an Urgent Chamber Application wherein applicant seeks the following relief:-
“TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:-.
(a) That the provisional order be and is hereby confirmed.
(b) That the termination of the mining agreement between the applicant and respondent be and is hereby confirmed.
(c) That the respondent be ordered to pay costs of suit on an attorney and client scale. More
This is an application brought in terms of article 34 (2) (b) (ii) of the Arbitration Act (Chapter 7:15) for an order setting aside an arbitration award on the basis that it is contrary to public policy. Applicant purchased a piece of rural land for purposes of extending its own boundaries and took title over the land by virtue of Deed of Transfer 1989/08 dated 25-09-2008. On that land, applicant produced a proposed subdivision of the whole land which it meant to construct multiple of smaller land parcels. A general map for the proposed subdivision was produced depicting and capturing... More
On 15 August 2005 the respondent entered into a written agreement of sale with one Tendai Mutasa for the sale of property namely a rural homestead situated in Mwoyoweshumba Village in Watsomba constituted of a five roomed house, 2 thatched kitchen huts, a large field measuring 3 hectares and a utility blair ablution. After the respondent paid Tendai Mutasa, Tendai Mutasa introduced respondent to the village head who in turn endorsed and approved the sale of the improvements and entered respondent’s name into the village head’s register. The respondent clearly stated that he bought the structures/improvement at the homestead and... More
The plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife. They got married customarily on 1 December 1993 and their marriage was solemnised in terms of the Marriage Act, [Cap 5:11] on 22 June 1994. They were blessed with three children all of whom are still minors. They have been experiencing marital problems since 1999. More
This is an application for review of the decision of the Disciplinary hearing dated 31st day of March 2023 wherein the applicant was found guilty as charged and was subsequently dismissed from employment. More
This is an Urgent Chamber Application. It was lodged in this court on 15 December 2021 at 1143 hours.
The interim and final relief sought have been formulated as follows by the applicant.
THE INTERIM ORDER GRANTED
(1) Pending the return date, the execution of the amended court order in the case undercover of case number HC 774/17 be and is hereby stayed with immediate effect.
(2) 1st and 3rd respondents be and are hereby interdicted and prohibited from undertaking or continuing to undertake processes and procedures towards the full execution of the amended court order in HC 774/17. More
: This matter came before me as an urgent application. After having sight of the opposing papers filed by the respondents I concluded that the matter was not urgent, and by agreement of the parties it was enrolled on my roll of opposed matters as all parties had filed all the necessary affidavits and heads of argument. More
The matter was placed before me as an application for an order. The application was filed on the basis of Section 89(1)(a) and Section 93(7)(b)(ii) of the Labour Act. The application was opposed. More
