The two applicants seek to reverse the sale of a property in a deceased estate. The property is known as 16286 Unit M, Seke, Chitungwiza and it belonged to the estate of the late David Chirikure Mukarati who was their father. They also seek that that the agreement of sale of that property entered into by the executor Noreen Chikaka, being the second respondent herein, with the purchaser being Anderson Remuyanga who is the 4th respondent herein, be declared null and void. They also want title of the property to be resuscitated in the name of the late David Chirikure... More
This is an urgent chamber application for an order interdicting the respondents from interfering with the applicant’s mining rights and operations at Somerset 16 Mine registered under certificate of registration number 24107 Sherwood, Kwekwe and for the respondents to forthwith vacate the said mine and give vacant possession thereto to the applicant. The other relief sought is for the fifth respondent to be ordered not to purchase or pay for any gold mined from Somerset 792, Somerset 791, Somerset 16 and Good Morning Mine, that is delivered to it by the first respondent or any person acting on behalf of... More
1. This is a court application for condonation for the late filing of an application for review. The applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms:
i. That the application for condonation be and is hereby granted.
ii. That applicant is granted leave to file its application for review within ten (10) days from the granting of this order.
iii. Costs of suit to be paid by the party who opposed this application on a legal practitioner and client scale. More
Defendant signed an acknowledgement of debt showing an allegedly standing indebtedness to the plaintiff in the sum of US$384 177,00. When defendant failed to pay this debt, plaintiff sued him and after a contested summary judgment application, summary judgment was granted in favour of the plaintiff. It is not in dispute that at the time of granting this judgment the court had not been addressed on SI 33/2019 and on the ensuing amendments to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Act and the Finance Act. Consequently, summary judgment was granted in favour of the plaintiff for US$387 177,00. More
This is a trial cause which opened before me on 30 March 2023. The plaintiff claims delictual damages in the sum of US$8 173 188.00 against the defendants. The plaintiff’s case is that, for an extended period of time the defendants illegally extracted approximately 88.839 tonnes of saleable alluvial chrome from the plaintiff’s mining claims. The claims are numbers 122 to 127 located in Guruve North Dyke. As a result of the defendants’ mining activities, the plaintiff argues that it suffered loss amounting to $8 173 188.00. It is evident that what the plaintiff claims, is the amount it perceives... More
The applicants and the first and or second respondents are embroiled in an ownership dispute over land called the Remainder of Lot 12 of Tynwald, Harare held under deed of transfer No 4209/86. There have been and still remain various litigations between the parties concerning the aforesaid piece of land. More
This is an application for a declaratur in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act. The background facts are that the applicant was employed by the respondent, Mashonaland Tobacco Company (“MTC”) under a fixed term contract from 2006, as a messenger in the stores and procurement department. It is the applicant’s contention that in 2009 his salary was reduced without his consent and knowledge. He also states that in 2015 his contract was changed from a fixed term contract to a seasonal contract. It is from this that the applicant’s grievance stems. In essence, the applicant’s complaint is... More
