This application came by way of a summary judgment application as per R 30 of the High Court Rules 2021. The applicants seek in the main the eviction of respondent and all those who claim occupation through him from Ranch 1090 Hampshire Estate Wilshire Chivhu (hereinafter called the farm). More
This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Officer which was issued on 17 April 2023. The propriety of the appeal has prompted this Court to give reasons why it is of the view that the matter is improperly before the Court. The Court has taken into consideration the issue of the audi alteram patem principle and took the view that it would be unnecessary to receive submissions on the matter. More
The Applicant approached this court seeking an order for the rescission of default judgment entered against it following its former legal practitioners’ failure to file Heads of Argument. More
I heard the case which relates to the defendant’s special pleas on 5 June, 2024. I delivered an ex tempore judgment in which I dismissed the special pleas with costs.
On 12 June, 2024 the defendant wrote requesting reasons for my decision. These are they:
The defendant was working for the plaintiff which allocated to him house number BB 146, Maglass Township, Zvishavane (“the property”) as his condition of service. He resigned from work on 13 February, 2013. He, in terms of the plaintiff’s policy, was allowed to remain in the property for ninety (90) days during which period he... More
this is a landlord and tenant dispute. Plaintiff entered into a written lease agreement with an entity identified therein as “Treat and Company”, on 1 November 2020. It is not in dispute that an entity named Treat and Company (Pvt) Ltd, the present objector, took occupation of the premises known as Shop Number 5, Rolf Valley Shopping Centre, in Rolf Valley, Harare at a monthly rental of US$2,600.
[7] Plaintiff avers that defendant defaulted in rental payments for the period April to December 2021 accumulating arrears in the sum of US$18,360. Plaintiff instituted present proceedings seeking a recovery of that... More
This is an application for condonation of late noting of an appeal. The background to the matter is that appellant who was in the respondent’s employment was charged with acts of misconduct and taken before a disciplinary committee which found him guilty of the misconduct and dismissed him from employment. He lodged his appeals internally without success. He then appealed to the labour court within the time lines set out by the rules but ended up withdrawing that appeal after the employer successfully challenged some of the appeal grounds which he had placed before the court. He is still desirous... More
The salient facts upon which this application must be determined are common cause. The applicant is the Executrix Dative of the estate late Memory Ngwenya who passed away on the 18th of July 2021. She was appointed to that office on the 18th of November 2021. During her lifetime, the late Memory Ngwenya had been the sole shareholder and secretary of the 1st respondent company. She was one of the two directors of the 1st respondent. After her demise, there was a Curator Bonis who was appointed by the Master of High Court to prepare a report about her assets. More
