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The appellant was convicted by the Magistrates Court of Culpable Homicide in terms of s 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reformation Act [Chapter 9:23]. More

On 21 December 2016 the applicants sought and were granted a provisional order couched in the following terms: “TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT 1. That the Respondents, their agents and all those claiming title through them be and are hereby interdicted from interfering with the Applicants’ possession and enjoyment of the properties known as NOS 409 HARARE DRIVE, POMONA, HARARE; 18 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, AVONDALE, HARARE and 75 KING GEORGE ROAD, AVONDALE, HARARE. 2. That the Respondents pay the costs of this application on an attorney and own client scale. More

This is an application for condonation of late filing of an application for rescission of judgment. More

The circumstances of this matter can best be understood if the historical background is given first. What happened is that on the 6th April 2005 and at Harare, the applicant Janet Mandaza (hereinafter referred to as the purchaser) entered into a written contract of sale agreement with one Whisper Rukanda wherein Mr Whisper Rukanda (hereinafter referred to as the seller) sold to Janet Mandaza a certain piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury called Stand 2576 Marlborough Township of Stand 2576 Marlborough Township measuring 504 square metres held under Deed of Transfer No. 697/2000. More

On 24 March 2017, the applicant filed an urgent chamber application for, in the interim, an urgent interdict to stop the respondent or anyone acting on its behalf “from removing, defacing or otherwise interfering in any way with the applicant’s advertising signs and artwork installed thereon located at various sites in the Greater Harare area” pending the return date. On the return date the applicant sought a final order for a declaratur that the lease agreement between the parties entered into on 28 September 2006 was valid, binding and subsisting until terminated in terms of the provisions of such lease... More

The parties concluded a license agreement as Licensor and Licensee which was effective from 1 August, 2016. On 23 August, 2016, after the applicant failed to secure funding, the parties concluded an Interim Funding Arrangement. More

The plaintiff and the defendant lived together as husband and wife in an unregistered customary union and bore two children, Prince Munyaradzi Bhamu on 2 February, 1997 and Privilege Tinotenda Bhamu on 3 January, 2002. The parties later separated. The plaintiff issued summons claiming a share of the movable property and immovable property acquired during the union, on the basis of universal partnership. More