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We heard this appeal on 21 October, 2015. We delivered an ex tempore judgment in which we allowed the appeal, set aside the sentence of the court a quo and substituted it with a reduced term of imprisonment a portion of which we suspended for a period of time on condition of future good conduct. More

This is a court application for an order for eviction. The facts are that on 8 May 2017 the Master of the High Court acting in terms of s 120 of the Administration of Estates Act [Chapter 6.01] authorized the first respondent Oliver Masomera (in his capacity as the Executor Dative of the Estate Late Joseph Tawurayi Punungwe DR 2910/16) to sell the immovable property described as Stand No. 208 Malvern Township of Lot 1 of Stand 27 Malvern Township of Waterfall Villa of Waterfall also known as House No. 27A Cassino Avenue, Waterfalls, Harare. More

The plaintiff’s case as pleaded is as follows. In 2008 he entered into a verbal agreement in terms of which the defendant agreed to deliver to him an immovable property at 4 Wroxham Road, The Grange, Harare. In consideration of that the plaintiff would transfer to the defendant 167 275 Old Mutual Public Limited Company shares and 110 000 shares in a company known as PPC. Transfer of title in the property would be registered in favour of the plaintiff upon delivery of the Old Mutual shares. The PPC shares would be transferred to the defendant after the transfer of... More

On the 27th May 2014 the plaintiff issued summons out of this court seeking a sharing of immovable and movable properties she alleged were acquired during the subsistence of an unregistered customary law union with the defendant. More

The four appellants appeared before the court of the magistrate sitting at Chitungwiza facing a charge of contravening s 7 (1) (a) or (b) of the Communal Lands Act [Chapter 20:04] i.e occupying or using communal land without lawful authority. They were unrepresented. More

It is not apparent from the papers how the parties are related, how they came to jointly own an immovable property and indeed how and why they came on a collision course resulting in a series of litigation but in this application the applicant seeks to enforce a court order granted by consent. The applicant seeks an order compelling the respondent to transfer her half share in the property known as stand 24 Philadelphia Township of Philadelphia, Harare (the property) which is jointly held by the parties by deed of transfer number 4986/02. In the event of the respondent’s failure... More

The appellant (Tel-One) is a company registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The respondent Capitol Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd (Capitol) is an insurance broker, company also registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. More