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This is an appeal against a judgment of the High Court, sitting at Harare, dated 31 May 2017 wherein the court granted absolution from the instance at the close of the plaintiff’s case. More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 11 April 2018 in which it granted a spoliation order in favour of the respondents directing the appellants to restore the respondents to the church temple and premises located at Stand 3874 Caledonia, Harare. The High Court also ordered the appellants to release keys to the temple to the respondents and ordered the appellants to pay costs on a legal practitioner and client scale jointly and severally the one paying the others to be absolved. More

These urgent chamber applications were filed under case numbers HC 1412/19 and HC 1418/19 respectively. On perusing the papers it became evident that these applications related to the same parties. The relief sought in both applications is substantially similar and relates to disputed mining claims adjacent to each other. I directed that these applications be considered and determined at the same time. Before hearing brief oral submissions from counsel, I enquired whether there would be any prejudice to the parties if these matters were consolidated. Legal counsel for the parties confirmed that it was indeed appropriate to hear these matters... More

GWAUNZA DCJ [1] This is an appeal against a judgment of the High Court which found that the appellants and the respondenthad concluded a loan agreement and consequently ordered the appellants to pay certain amounts of money to the respondent. After hearing the parties, the court dismissed the appeal with costs and indicated that thereasons for the order would follow in due course. These are the reasons. More

(A) (1) WILLIAS MADZIMURE (2) SAMUEL SIPEPA NKOMO (3) LUCIA MATIBENGA (4) EVELYN MASAITI (5) PAUL MADZORE (6) REGGIE MOYO (7) SOLOMON MADZORE (8) BEKITHEMBA NYATHI (9) MOSES MANYENGAVANA (10) ALBERT MHLANGA (11) ROSELENE NKOMO (12) SETTLEMENT CHIKWINYA (13) JUDITH MUZHAVAZHI (14) GORDEN MOYO (15) GLADYS MATHE (16) TENDAI BITI (17) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE V (1) THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE (2) THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (3) THE PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE (4) CHAIRPERSON, ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (5) THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (B) (1) SEKAI HOLLAND (2) RORANA MUCHIHWA (3) WATCHY SIBANDA (4) PATRICK CHITAKA (5) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE V (1) THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE (2) THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (3) THE PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE (4) CHAIRPERSON, ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (5) THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (2019-04-14)
After hearing submissions by counsel in the two applications, the Court made the following order: “After considering the papers filed in this matter and hearing submissions by counsel, the Court unanimously concludes that both applications have no merit and are hereby dismissed with costs on the ordinary scale.” More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 31 March 2015, in which the court a quo dismissed the appellants’ application for rescission of judgment for want of prosecution. More

The applicants herein filed a court application and sought the following relief, that; (a) It be declared that the election of 1st respondent as councilor for ward 3 in Bulawayo was in contravention of section 119 (2) (e) of the Electoral Act, Chapter 2:13 following his conviction of theft at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court under criminal record book number 1981/18 on the 27th of June 2018 and is therefore set aside on account of being null and void. (b) Consequently, the election of 1st respondent as 2nd respondent’s Deputy Mayor be set aside. (c) Costs of suit at an attorney... More