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Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 28 June 1991. The marriage was blessed with three children, Tafara David Zhou (born 15 October 1992) (Tafara), Ruvimbo Charity Zhou (born 23 December 1997) (Ruvimbo) and Rugare Ndovisai Zhou (born 18 October 2009) (Rugare). Plaintiff issued out summons for divorce and ancillary relief on 20 September, 2019, on the grounds that the marriage relationship has irretrievably broken down to the extent that it can no longer be salvaged. In her declaration she stated that one of the children, Rugare is still a minor and given that Plaintiff has been staying with her in... More

This judgment is a product of two matters that were consolidated and heard as one. The issues at stake and the interests of the parties involved herein converge. At the centre of the dispute in both cases is an Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM or the meeting) that dealt with the business of the fourth respondent in HC 1351/21 (Case 1), and the sixth respondent in HC 1270/21 (Case 2) on 8 February 2021. The applicants in both cases contend that the meeting did not comply with certain provisions of the Companies and Other Business Entities Act (the COBE or... More

By consent of the parties the three matters HC 6525/22, HC 6526/22 and HC 2527 were consolidated and were heard at the same time mainly because the applications in the three files concerned an application for an interpleader. The Applicant in the three matters is the same. The judgment creditors are the same. The judgment debtors are the same. Only the Claimants are different but the legal practitioners representing the parties in each of the matters are the same. The reliefs being sought is essentially the same. More

The appellant appeals against the whole judgment of the Labour Court (the court a quo), which was handed down on 9 January 2015. The court a quo dismissed his appeal against the determination of the disciplinary authority, which found him guilty of misconduct and dismissed him from employment. More

1. The appeal against conviction having been abandoned at the hearing, this judgment disposes of the appeal against the sentence imposed on each appellant. 2. The appellants were convicted after a protracted trial on a charge of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. Each was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment of which 12 months were suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behavior, to leave an effective sentence of 36 months imprisonment. More

This is an application for condonation and also for leave to appeal this court’s judgement number LC/H/250/19 to the Supreme Court. More

This is an urgent chamber application wherein the applicant is seeking the following order: “TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final should not be made in the following terms: - 1. It is declared that the applicant is not an exporter or a partial exporter for the purposes of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe enacted the Exchange Control (Payment for Electricity and Related Services in Foreign Currency by Exporters and Partial Exporters) Order, 2019, Statutory Instrument 249/19. 2. The respondent be and is hereby directed to rebill the applicant in Zimbabwe Dollars... More