By a letter dated the 3rd of February 2010, Appellant was placed on suspension with effect from the 4th of February 2010. As contained in the letter Appellant was suspected of having committed an act of misconduct in terms of paragraphs 5,8,13(b)(c) and 24 of the First Schedule of the Public Service Regulations SI 1 of 2000 (the Regulations). More
The plaintiffs are husband and wife. On 26 February 2008, they issued summons out of this court seeking the declaration of nullity on the agreement executed between them and the second defendant with respect to number 45 Maviyani Street Mbare, Harare; the setting aside of the cession effected over the same property by the third defendant to the second defendant and costs of suit. The first and second defendants contested the action and in addition the second defendant filed a counterclaim seeking the eviction of the plaintiffs and all those claiming right of occupation through them together with costs on... More
There is a long standing dispute between the parties over the ownership of house no 372 Engineering, Highfield. Applicant avers in his founding affidavit that the house belonged to Luka Meda, the applicant’s grandfather. Luka Meda died intestate in 1989 and his estate was registered with the Master of the High Court in 1994 under DR389/94. Applicant’s father, Raphael Chirimuuta was appointed executor dative of the estate and he was issued with Letters of Administration for purposes of effecting cession of the rights, title and interest in the house into his name. He died before effecting transfer of the house... More
This judgment relates to two related applications which were argued together. The parties are the same in both matters. Case Number HC 12470/11 is an application for condonation of the failure to file an application for the setting aside of the default judgment granted in Case Number HC 9545/11 within the period provided for in r 63(1) of the Rules of this Court. Case Number HC 12471/11 is the application for the rescission of the default judgment referred to above. More
This judgment is in respect of two matters which were argued before me. Case No. HC 12469/11 is an application for the rescission of a judgment given in default of the applicant in Case No. HC 3729/09.Case No. HC12468/11is an application for condonation of the applicant’s failure to file the application for rescission of judgment viz. HC 12469/11 within the time prescribed by the Rules of this Court. After hearing argument from both counsel I dismissed the application for condonation. The effect of that was that there was no application for rescission of judgment properly before the Court, hence Case... More
On the night of 25 October 2006 the plaintiff, a farmer in Chegutu, was driving a Landrover Defender motor vehicle registration number AAU 0482 which is a 1996 model along Prince Edward approaching Lezard Avenue in Milton Park Harare at about 23:00 hours, when he beheld a Leyland Truck registration number AAA 4555 belonging to the second defendant from a distance of about 10 metres. More
The plaintiff issued summons against the first defendants claiming Z$150 000 000-00 as damages for an assault he suffered allegedly at the hands of members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as well as the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who, according to the plaintiff, were acting within the course and scope of their employment with the defendants on 31 March 2003. In his declaration the plaintiff makes the following averments. More
