The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife who were married in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] in 2006. Whereas the plaintiff said that this followed an unregistered customary law union entered in 2004, the defendant insisted that this was in 1999. Three children were born to this marriage namely Takudzwa L. Shereni (born 8 August 1999), Tinotenda Shereni (born 22 December 2004) and Tawananyasha B. Shereni (born 28 November 2012). More
This appeal centres on a land ownership dispute in Manjonjo Village, Murehwa. In hearing the matter de novo as per s 24(2) of the Customary law and Local Courts Act [Chapter 7:05] the Magistrate determined that the focus should be to ascertain, on a balance of probabilities, who is the owner of the land in the sense of who was actually allocated the land in the initial instance upon the facts submitted. This was in contrast to the Chief’s approach in the community court where the matter had been decided as if the dispute was one of boundaries. More
On November 2021 Wisdom Chinongwa, applicant’s driver was arrested near Mary Mount Teachers College conveying smuggled goods. He and the owner of the goods were prosecuted, convicted and sentenced. The goods and the motor vehicle were seized. Wisdom Chinongwa and applicant made representations to Zimra officials for the release of the motor vehicle but did not succeed. On 23 February 2022 the Commissioner General advised applicant of the forfeiture of the Toyota Granvia to the State. Aggrieved by that letter of forfeiture, applicant decided to lodge the application to this court. More
This was an appeal against eviction which we dismissed on 14 of March 2023. Written reasons have been sought and these are they. The background was as follows: Summons were issued in the court below by the respondent (as plaintiff) seeking eviction of the appellant (as defendant) from Stand 3709 Gillingham Estate, Dzivarasekwa, also known as Nehanda Housing Cooperative. More
Applicants applied to this Court for rescission of judgement in terms of section 92C of the Labour Act Chapter 28:01` as read with Rule 43 of the Labour Court Rules S.I. 150/17. Respondent opposed the application. More
The applicant is a Minister of Government in Zimbabwe. He is in charge of, among other things, social welfare. Evidently not wanting to be left behind in this digital era, he contracted the first respondent to supply both the hardware and the software for a biometric or card-based platform to facilitate the administration of social welfare programmes to vulnerable groups in society across the country. More
The delay in the hand down of this judgement is sincerely regretted. The matter was placed before me as an application for the issuance of a disposal order. The application was made pursuant to Section 107 (1) of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] as amended. The application was opposed by 2nd Respondent and supported by 1st Respondent. Both Respondents appeared for a hearing on the 13th of July 2022. More
