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The applicant is a corporate duly registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. It is suing out for a declaratory order to the effect that the judgment debt in case number HC 1977/18 is payable in United States Dollars or in Zimbabwean dollars converted at the bank rate subsisting at the time payment will be made. The relief it seeks as per its draft is couched as follows: More

This is an appeal in which the appellant appealed against parts of the High Court’s (“the court a quo”) judgment handed down on 30 April 2023. The court a quo ordered the appellant to surrender a motor vehicle, cellphone, iPad and laptop to the respondent. The appellant was dissatisfied by the court a quo’s finding that the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) had locus standi to sue the appellant without a board resolution to that effect. More

The Applicant is a former employee of the 1st Respondent. He was employed in the capacity of ICT Manager in April 2012. On the 5th of July 2021 the 1st Respondent served him with a suspension letter and a charge sheet. The 1st Respondent levelled a charge of breach of section 4(a) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) Regulations 2006 (Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006) i.e. (a) any act or conduct or omission inconsistent with the fulfilment of the express or implied conditions of (your) contract. More

The applicants via this review application seek an order setting aside the decision of the Magistrates’ court at Zvishavane, per MATURA Esquire (the 2nd respondent) granting an application for execution pending appeal. The execution being the eviction of the applicants from houses which they occupied at the time of the application by virtue of their employment with the 1st respondent. More

1. This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicant is charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 3rd November 2022 at around 2300 hours at Msotsha Bar, Nkankezi Business Centre, Filabusi the accused acting in common purpose with an accomplice still at large caused the death of Benito Dube (deceased). It is alleged further that the applicant stabbed the deceased with an Okapi knife, once on the back, once on the left side of the stomach, and... More

This is an urgent chamber application for a spoliation order. The applicant seeks restoration of what it claims has been its peaceful and undisturbed occupation and use of a certain piece of land, being 40 hectares of Buckland Estate, which is a subdivision of 280 hectares of Buckland Estate, situated in the District of Goromonzi. More

The appellant was employed by the respondent. He was charged with misconduct, found guilty and dismissed. In these proceedings, he appeals against both conviction and sentence. More