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What happened prior to this application is briefly this: In case number HC 2795/11, the first three respondents herein obtained a provisional order on 21 March, 2011 against the fourth respondent herein which inter alia provided that “pending the finalization of the applicants’ claim against the respondent, the respondent be and is hereby barred and interdicted from making or selling an (sic) offering for sale or exporting any and all of the articles listed in the schedule hereto attached.” The provisional order was confirmed on 4 April, 2011. The effect of it was to authorise the deputy sheriff to retain... More

This is an application for the granting of default judgment against the defendants who after filing a notice of intention to defend this action through the Civil Division of the Attorney General’s Office neglected to file their pleas resulting in them being barred from pleading hence this application. More

On 20 October 2010, the plaintiff issued summons out of this court against the two defendants. The plaintiff and the first defendant concluded a lease agreement on 23 March 2009. The second defendant stood as surety and co-principal debtor to plaintiff for the due performance by first defendant of all its obligations arising from the lease agreement. More

This is an urgent application in which the applicant seeks the following relief: “1. Terms of the Final Order sought That you should show cause to this Honourable court why an order should not be made in the following terms: (a) That the proposed meeting of 10 March be and is hereby set aside. (b) Cost of this (sic) to be borne by the first respondent. 2. Interim Relief Granted More

In this application the applicant seeks a declaratur nullifying the appointment of second to tenth respondents as provincial governors on the grounds that such appointments are ultra vires and or in contravention of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The applicant also seeks such consequential declarations as may become necessary in the event that this court nullifies the appointments. More

The melancholic drama unfolding in this case makes one wonder whether these are the wages of marrying during the sacred month of November in apparent violation of a well-established Shona custom prohibiting marriage during that month. The first applicant’s intended marriage to the second applicant is mired in perpetual controversy and acrimony as the couple continues to be hounded by the first applicant’s marriage to the second respondent allegedly contracted on 21 November 2011. More

The Provincial Magistrate for Mashonaland Central, sitting at Bindura Magistrates Court, has referred this matter to the Registrar for review and directions. The plaintiff is cited as Morris Nyikadzino of Shenjere Shrine, Mazowe. However, his specific role and standing in the matter are not clear. The defendant is Hon. Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. The background to the case is as follows. More