This matter emanates from an alleged theft by the applicant from OK Supermarket in Kwekwe on 9 August 2011. The Branch Manager of the 1st respondent was informed of the alleged theft on 1 November 2011. He asked the applicant for his report which was submitted to him on 14 November 2011. In that report, the applicant stated that there was a mix-up and that he had been discharged by the Kwekwe police. He attached what purported to be a clearance letter from the Officer-in-Charge Crime. It should be noted that the applicant’s letter is dated 12 November 2011 and... More
At the conclusion of this trial the following factors were found to be common cause.
On 27 February 2009, the plaintiff insured three motor vehicles with the defendant under comprehensive cover. The three motor vehicles included a Nissan Double Cabin bearing registration number 699-074 M which was insured for a sum of US$10 000-00 (ten thousand dollars). More
The dispute in this case is centred on intestate succession. The applicants are the offspring of the late Moses Muzonda, who died intestate on 23 September, 1997. Richard John Chimbari of RJC Executor Services (Pvt) Ltd was appointed executor dative of the deceased estate on 12 March, 2004 to wind up the estate which he did via a first and final administration and distribution account on 23 April, 2004, which the Master of this court approved on 20 August, 2004. The estate had only one asset, an immovable property in the form of house number 5694 Unit J, Seke, Chitungwiza.... More
The plaintiff and the first defendant have competing claims to stand 2609 Ruwa Township of stand 856 Ruwa Township (“the property”). This action was launched to compel the second defendant to pass transfer of the property to the plaintiff and that the third defendant registers the transfer in favour of the plaintiff. More
On March 2008 the plaintiff and the defendant entered into a lease agreement. The plaintiff leased to the defendant 584 square metres of the 1st floor of Runhare House, Harare. The plaintiff and Communications and Allied Industries Pension Fund are owners of stand number 14940 Salisbury Township, which houses the leased premises (ie 584 square metres of the 1st floor of Runhare House, Harare.) Initially the defendant was paying rent in Zimbabwe dollars. The position changed in February 2009 when a multi-currency regime was ushered in by Government. More
The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife respectively and they married each other in Harare on 7 March 1990 in terms of the Marriage Act [Cap 5:11]. Prior to that the parties had married traditionally on 21 January 1990 and the same marriage was blessed in church on 28 July 1990. The parties have been married for 22 years. More
The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant her husband, seeking a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. The plaintiff and the defendant were married in Zimbabwe on 6 January 2007. They had both left Zimbabwe in 2002 and were living in London in the United Kingdom. They only came back to marry in Zimbabwe as the plaintiff’s parents are still living in Zimbabwe and wanted to attend the wedding. More
