The applicant filed this urgent chamber application to interdict the first and second respondent from entering into any property development agreement or any type of agreement involving a certain piece of land known as Swallowfieds of Johannesburg in the District of Hartley measuring 606,725 square meters held under Deed of Transfer 5257/99. More
On 26 April 2018, the plaintiff issued summons claiming $1,000, 000 (One million dollars) being delictual damages for alleged defamatory utterances made by the defendant on national television and to a nationally distributed newspaper publication; an unconditional apology to the plaintiff on the front page of the Daily News; removal of an alleged defamatory article from the Daily News Website and costs of suit. On 10 May 2018, the defendant through his legal practitioners made a request for further particulars. On 20 May 2018, the plaintiff responded to the request by stating that the particulars requested were not necessary for... More
On 1 September 2017 the first applicant was served with the first respondent’s notification of intention to withdraw the offer letter dated 30 August 2017.The applicants legal practitioners and respondents exchanged correspondence about the whole process of the first respondent’s intended withdrawal of offer letter but nothing came out of it. On 26 September 2017 the applicants got the notification of the withdrawal of the offer letter from the first respondent. On the same date an offer letter was granted to the second respondent. The offer letter granted to the second respondent concerned an area of 250 hectares. The remainder... More
The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant, claiming payment of $34 378.06 for services rendered and $50 441.49 being damages for breach of contract.The defendant raised a special plea that, since the plaintiff’s claim is based on a contract which provides for a dispute resolution mechanism for all contractual matters, the action should be stayed pending referral of the dispute in terms of Annexure 3, Clauses 4.1, 24 and 25 thereof. More
The applicant issued summons on the 30th of October 2017 against the respondents claiming orders confirming the cancellation of the lease agreement entered between the parties, ejectment of respondents and all those claiming occupation through them from the premises at No. 174 Munondo Street, Ruwa Industrial Park, Harare, payment of the arrear electricity bill calculated from the 1st of May 2016 to date of ejectment, payment of the arrear water and rates levies calculated from the 1st of May 2016 to date of ejectment, payment of arrear rentals amounting to US$5 600.00, payment of holding over damages of US$40.00 a... More
This urgent application for an interim interdict was referred to me on 26 July 2018 and I heard it on 27 July 2018. I dismissed the application. On 17 September 2018, a request was made by the applicant’s legal practitioners for the reasons, these are they.
The facts of this matter are straight forward. The applicant and the respondent entered into a joint venture agreement “the agreement”. In terms of the agreement the applicant was to provide land development services to the respondent a landowner of stand 1 and 2 Haydon Township of Haydon. It was a material term of... More
On 19 January, 2018, the applicant filed what he termed an “Urgent Chamber Application for a Spoliation Order and Interdict” against the first and second respondents. More
