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The first applicant herein after referred to as the Grantor is the registered owner of certain six mining claims situate in the district of Shamva being: Name Registration Number Dodge 1 1990/ 1 BM Dodge 2 20079/80 BM Dodge3 11392 BM Dodge 4 11541 BM Dodge5 11542 BM Dodge 6 15737 BM. More

The plaintiff sued the two defendants claiming basically for his restoration as the registered buyer of house number 360 Makusha Township, Shurugwi In his summons and declaration the plaintiff alleged that on 20 August 1981 he entered into a written agreement of sale with Dickson Katerere (“D Katerere”) in respect of house number 360 Makusha Township Shurugwi. The plaintiff was the purchaser and D Katerere was the seller. More

On 10 July 2007 my brother UCHENA J issued the following order against the respondent:- “1. The respondent be and is hereby interdicted from unlawfully interfering with applicant’s right of occupation and use of piece of land namely Rhodo 2, 26, 51 and 52 situated at Willesden Farm, Goromonzi. 2. The respondent be and is hereby interdicted from making any threats against applicant and his workers and or interfering with them in any manner. 3. The respondent is ordered to keep peace towards applicant. 4. The respondent shall pay costs of this application.” More

The plaintiff is a former employee of the defendant. The defendant is a duly incorporated company in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The plaintiff was employed by defendant from 1990 to 2006. He was employed as a Cibra Machine Operator. Later he was assigned to work as an Assistant Tapeline 11 Machine Operator. More

The applicant is the Church Of The Province Of Central Africa and is responsible for the affairs of the Anglican Church in Central Africa. The first respondent is its Bishop for Manicaland with whom it has pending cases before the courts for the determination of whether or not he is still its Bishop. The first respondent leads a faction of the Anglican Church in Manicaland. The second respondent is an Estate Agent operating in Mutare. It was in August 2009, given a mandate by the first respondent’s faction to sale two pieces of land belonging to the Anglican church. The... More

This is an exception with an exception. It is but a skirmish in the battle of suits, applications and counter applications that the two factions of the “Anglicans” have brought against each other before this court, a spate of litigation that is now assuming nuisance value. The appication was partly argued before me and prior to the resumed hearing, it was withdrawn without a tender of costs. The issue of costs was then raised for my determination. More

The appellant in this matter was arraigned before the Magistrates Court Marondera on 9 counts of stock theft as defined in s 114(2)(a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. To these charges he duly pleaded guilty. He was represented during the course of his trial by a legal practitioner. He was convicted as charged and was sentenced on 4 March 2010 as follows:- More