On 10 April 2025, after hearing oral arguments from the parties’ legal practitioners, the court reserved judgment sine die. The applicant approached the court seeking a review of the first respondent’s decision made on 29 August 2024 on the grounds that the decision was irrational, unfair and motivated by malice and bias. The applicant seeks an order that the resolution by the first respondent to look for alternative land that is not depicted on layout plan TPX/WR/11/15 and TPX/WR/11/15/1 for applicant’s members be set aside; that the first respondent be ordered to finalise its processes in the allocation of residential... More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (court a quo) dated 17 May 2024 wherein it dismissed the appellant’s application to compel the first and second respondents to do the following:
“3. To carry out a survey of the disputed mining locations, being applicant’s Kimberly 18 registration number 37375 BM, Kimberly 19 under registration number 37353, Kimberly 20 under registration number 37354, Kimberly 21 under registration number 37355 and fourth respondent’s Kimberly 18, under registration number 21288 within 30 days of the granting of this order. More
This is an application by the defendant for absolution from the instance at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff, Bleimah Investment (Private) Limited, sued the defendant, Visperfaide (Private) Limited trading as Synergy Biscuits, for payment of a debt allegedly acknowledged in a written agreement. The matter commenced by summons for provisional sentence, but that relief was refused and the case proceeded to trial as an ordinary action. After the plaintiff led evidence from its sole witness, the defendant invoked r 56(6) of the High Court Rules 2021 and applied for absolution on the basis that no prima facie... More
1.This is an application for bail pending trial in terms of s 117A of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 09:07]. The applicants are facing a charge of attempted murder contrary to s 47(1) as read with s 189(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The application was filed on 16 July 2025. I heard the application on 21 July 2025 and then asked for additional written submissions from both parties. More
This is an application for a Caveat or for the placement of the following. Immovable property registered in favour of the first respondent under judicial attachment; a certain piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury, called Stand 173 Willowvale Township of Willovale measuring 7438 square metres, held under Deed of Transfer No 6366/88 (the property). More
This is an application for an exception to the plaintiff’s summons. The parties are referred to as per the original pleadings. The plaintiff issued summons for divorce against the defendant who filed his plea and counter claim. The plaintiff subsequently applied to amend her summons under HC 6597/23. Although the defendant initially opposed the application to amend, ultimately an order consenting to the filing of an amendment had been granted by consent. In effecting the amendment, the plaintiff substituted her claim for divorce with a claim for the annulment of the marriage in the main and a decree of divorce... More
This is the return day of a provisional order initially granted by Kwenda J on 28 March 2025. The Borrowdale Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association (“the applicant”) seeks confirmation of that provisional order, which interdicted the second respondent’s building project pending determination of the legality of the first respondent’s approvals. The City of Harare (“the first respondent”) and Leonard Mukumba (“the second respondent”) oppose the confirmation of the order. They raise, inter alia, preliminary issues of this court’s jurisdiction (contending that the applicant failed to exhaust domestic remedies), the propriety of the relief being pursued (arguing that an interim interdict cannot... More
