The appellant and the first respondent have engaged in a litany of disputes in the court a quo, all related to their respective entitlements to the mining claims that they operate on. The two mining claims are situate in Insiza District, Matebeleland South and are adjacent to each other. The appellant is the holder of mining claims known as Tigress, while the first respondent has been conducting mining operations on claims known as Lion West 25. More
The plaintiff is suing the defendant for damages for defamation. The trial was scheduled
to begin on 29 March 2022. It did not. The defendant’s counsel of choice was said to be
indisposed and therefore unavailable. Amid objections by the plaintiff, I postponed the matter
to the second judicial term of 2022. In the meantime, two interlocutory issues were argued. The
first was the defendant’s application to compel further discovery of certain documents by the
plaintiff. The application had been filed separately under a different case number and via the
chamber book. The second was a coterie of what the... More
Before us is an appeal against the decision of the magistrates’ court which granted an application for summary judgment thereby evicting the appellant and all those claiming occupation through her from Stand No 985 Mabelreign Township, also known as No 16 Shashi Flats Mabelreign, Harare. In addition the appellant was ordered to pay to first and second respondents, the sum of US$700.00 being rent arrears from 1 November 2020 to May 2021, to be paid at the prevailing bank rate. US$100.00 per month was also payable to third respondent as holding over damages from June 2021 to the date of... More
The first applicant is a mining company registered according to the laws of Zimbabwe. The applicant is a member of the New Dawn Mining group which owns and operates a number of mines in this country.
The second applicant is a private limited company which holds a tribute agreement to mine several of first applicant’s mining claims generally known as Antelope. These are the claims in dispute. They are fully described in the draft order. They will be referred to hereinafter as the mining claims. The respondent is cited in his official capacity tasked with the administration duties in terms... More
The appellant was arraigned before the Magistrate’s Court charged with 4 counts as follows:
“Contravening s 60 A(3)(a)(b) of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19] (four counts) ‘tempering, transmitting, distribution or supplying electricity with the result that any supply of electricity is interrupted or cut off, damages, destroys with any apparatus for generating, transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity.’
Count 1
In that on the 10th day of May 2017 and at Zesa Substation 33, near number 140 Second Street, Mutare, Farai Evans Mukorera without lawful excuse tampers with apparatus for generating, transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity that is to say accused... More
