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The facts presented by Applicant in this application for condonation of late noting of appeal are quite interesting. Applicant and Respondent appeared before the Arbitrator who granted the award on 30 July 2013. The Arbitrator ordered Respondent’s reinstatement and payment of damages in lieu of reinstatement. Respondent reported for duty but was subsequently locked out on 2 September 2013. More

This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court made in terms of section 92 F (2) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] ‘the act’ as read with Rule 36 of the Labour Court Rules, Statutory Instrument 59/06 ‘the rules’. This court dismissed the appeal filed by the applicants in this matter. More

1. The first respondent, his assignees and representatives be and are hereby permanently interdicted from disposing through a sale or any other way or attempting to dispose in or in any way encumbering or attempting to encumber the immovable property listed below pendingthe outcome of proceedings under case No HC 2517/22 where the applicant is claiming a share thereof; a) Stand No lot 9 of 7A Chicago, Kwekwe b) Stand No 7595 Section 4 Mbizo, Kwekwe c) Stand No 6650, Newtown, Kwekwe d) Stand No 6123 Ngwe Street Southview, e) Stand No 7061 Chigwagwagwa Stret, Target Kopje, Masvingo f) Stand... More

: The applicants approached this court seeking an order compelling the first respondent to issue an exemption certificate in favour of Mr Jeremy Gauntlett in terms of s 7 of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27:07] (hereinafter called “the Legal Practitioners Act”). The order sought is expressed in the following way: More

The year was 2016. Conditions were ripe, according to the Judicial Service Commission(the 1st respondent), for the appointment of four additional judges to the Supreme Court to meet the manpower demands of that bench. Acting therefore in terms of Section 180 of the Constitution, the 1st respondent flighted advertisements in the print media announcing the existence such vacancies and inviting nominations from the President (the 2nd Respondent) and members of the public with a view thereafter to conducting public interviews to fill those vacant positions. More

BeatusMandeya (Mandeya) was employed as a driver by respondent. It is alleged that on 6 April 2013 he was driving a Sakunda truck horse registration number ABG 5272 and Tanker registration number ABZ 9757. He loaded 39941 litres of petrol at Msasa and discharged 37 957 litres on the 26 April 2013 in Zambia. Mandeya realised a loss by meter of 1984 litres and 1704 after factoring loss in transit. More

This is an application for condonation of late noting of appeal and extension of time within which to note an appeal. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare on 13 May 2022. More

The appellant was arraigned before the Provincial Magistrate at Mutare on a charge of fraud as defined in s136 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, [Cap 9:23]. The allegation against her was that “on 24 February 2010 at Spar Supermarket, Chikanga, Mutare, the appellant, intending to deceive Langton Machikiti or realising that there was real risk or possibility of deceiving Langton Machikiti and intending to cause Langton Machikiti to act upon the misrepresentation to his prejudice or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that Langton Machikiti might act upon the misrepresentation to his prejudice presented... More

After hearing argument in this matter, I handed down an ex tempore judgment in which I granted the relief sought by the applicant. These are the full reasons for the judgment. This is an application for the correction of a court order granted in Case No. HCH 8344/23. The relevant paragraph is paragraph 3 of the order, which reads as follows: “1st respondent, his assignees, subtenants, invitees and all those claiming right of occupation through him, is hereby ordered to vacate the property specified in paragraph 1.” More

This is an application for eviction. The applicant prays for an order in the following terms; “1. That the respondent, its agents and anyone claiming rights through him are hereby immediately and forthwith evicted from stand No 17024 of stand 16969, Harare Township, situate in the district of Salisbury. 2. That the Deputy Sheriff is hereby authorised to evict the respondent and anyone claiming rights through him from the said premises. 3. That the respondent pays costs on the Law Society Tariff.” More

In casu, Applicant is challenging this Court’s factual findings. The factual findings complained of are they so irrational, so outrageous in their defiance of logic or acceptable morale standards to warrant interference by the Appellate court? More

At the conclusion of the hearing of this matter I handed down an ex tempore judgment and dismissed the application. Notwithstanding that none of the parties has asked for written reasons I decided to furnish them nonetheless. More

The facts of this matter are rather unusual. The plaintiff and the defendant were firstly married in 1996 in terms of the Marriage Act (Chapter 5;11). The marriage was blessed with three children namely; Johnson Moyo (male) (born on 4 February 1991), Ndumiso Moyo (male) (born on 22 November 1994) and Nobukhosi Moyo (female) (born 22 October 1999). During the subsistence of the marriage the parties acquired two immovable properties, being Stand number 72173 Lobengula West, Bulawayo and Stand 14584 Ihlosi Road, Selbourne Park, Bulawayo. In the course of the marriage the defendant left for the United Kingdom where he... More

This is a chamber application for condonation for late filing of an application for review. I dismissed the application in an ex-tempore judgment after hearing from the parties. The parties have not asked for written reasons but I decided to provide them in anticipation of such a request. Rule 62 (4) provides that: “Any proceedings by way of review shall be instituted within eight weeks of the termination of the suit, action or proceedings in which the irregularity or illegality complained of is alleged to have occurred.” More