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The appellant was employed by the respondent as its transport and logistics coordinator. The appellant faced allegations of misconduct he was found guilty and dismissed from employment. More

This is a court application for condonation and extension of time within which to note an appeal to be made in terms of s 75 of the Children’s Act, [Chapter 5:06] as read with r 95 (9) of the High Court Rules, 2021. On the 7th of April 2022, the Children’s Court granted an adoption order in favour of the first and second respondents for the minor child, NKC, born on 21 July 2010. The applicant is the paternal grandmother to the minor child. The first and second respondents are husband and wife and the first respondent is an aunt... More

This is a divorce action in which the only issue in dispute relates to the division of the matrimonial home described as Stand Number 167 Vainona Township of Vainona situate in the District of Salisbury and measuring 4599 square meters. It is otherwise known as 11 Granta Road Vainona, Harare. The house is registered jointly in the plaintiff and the defendant’s names. More

The essence of this appeal is against the lower court’s refusal to make a factual finding that the respondent, Mavis Mbunga, was the owner of a dog that bit the appellant in an incident which occurred in December 2017. She was bitten on her fore arms, her right thigh, right shoulder, buttock and left breast. The incident occurred when the appellant had gone to the respondent’s residence to look at a potential cottage for rental. She was taken to hospital and her bills were paid for by the respondent. She claimed US$4000.00 in the court below for loss of earnings... More

The plaintiff is a trust duly established in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. The first defendant is a company duly incorporated according to the laws of Zimbabwe. The second defendant is a director of the first defendant. The third defendant is also a trust established in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. It is the sole shareholder in the first defendant. The plaintiff instituted proceedings against the defendants claiming the following relief: “a] An order confirming the mutual termination of the agreement of sale of Stand 487 Quinnington Township of Stand 479 Quinnington Township, Harare [hereinafter the property] entered... More

On 13 March, 2023 the plaintiff issued provisional sentence summons against the defendants, jointly and severally the one paying the other to be absolved, for payment to her of the total sum of USD100 000 together with interest at the prescribed rate calculated from 1 February, 2023 to the date of full payment together with legal costs which are at attorney and client scale. She based her claim on two acknowledgements of debt which the defendants signed on 22 January, and 27 February, 2023 in terms of which the latter agreed to repay to her on 31 January 2023 the... More

This is an application wherein the applicant seeks a declaration of constitutional invalidity of the laws relating to land acquisition and the ones that put the state in a privileged position in the buying and selling of rural land in Zimbabwe. The applicant says he has locus standi as a citizen of Zimbabwe and as a potential land owner and purchaser he has property rights to protect and that he seeks an order declaring the unnecessary and unconstitutional impediments to acquisition of rural land invalid. More