: The applicants and the 2nd respondent have in common certain rights and interests in Cardigan Farm, Kadoma, Mashonaland. The 1st applicant claims to be the owner of the farm in question. In addition, he jointly owns some registered mining rights with the 2nd applicant. On the other hand, the 2nd respondent is a registered holder of 10 gold reef mining claims on the same farm. The 1st respondent is the Environmental Management Authority, responsible for the issuance of environmental impact assessment certificates to prospective miners as a prerequisite for all mining operations. More
: This is a referral judgment of a matter to the Constitutional Court in terms of s 175(4) of the Constitution as read together with r 108 of the High Court rules, 2021 and r 24 of the Constitutional Court rules, 2016. The judgment was made pursuant to the filing of a joint stated case in which the parties agreed on the constitutional issue for determination by the Constitutional Court. More
TAKUVA J: The plaintiff in this matter instituted summons seeking the following relief;
1. An order that the Defendants pay the Plaintiff the sum of USD 200 000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), jointly and severally the one paying the other to be absolved, being defamation damages suffered by Plaintiff on account of defamatory and false report by the first Defendant to the second Defendant wherein first Defendant maliciously lied that Plaintiff had sexually assaulted her for over 18 years and the allegations were republished and or allowed to get to the unintended public and media by the first... More
This is a divorce action matter. The parties married on 26 August 2017 in terms of the Civil Marriages Act Chapter 5:11 [now Chapter 5:17] and the marriage still subsists. The marriage was not blessed with children. More
This is an application that purports to seek a declaratory order in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06], together with what is termed “consequential relief.” The Applicants pray primarily for the setting aside of certain permits issued by the third Respondent (City of Harare) in favour of the 1st Respondent, Vonspring Investments (Pvt) Ltd. More
On 14 January 2025 this court handed down an order by consent where the parties hoped to settle their matter out of court. The out of court settlement failed, resulting in the matter being re-enrolled for 24 January 2025. On 24 January 2025 the matter which was an appeal at the instance of the employer was heard leading to this judgement. A point in limine vis the propriety of the appeal was raised but failed due to lack of foundation. The point therefore does not form part of this judgement. More
The plaintiff and the defendant married each other on 16 April 2023 under the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. The marriage still subsists. The marriage was blessed with two minor children namely Anotidaishe Chimkwasu born on 11 December 2012 and Anesuishe Chimkwasu born on 20 January 2020. On 26 April 2023 the plaintiff sued out summons for divorce and ancillary relief. In her declaration, she stated that the marriage relationship between the parties had irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there are no reasonable prospects of restoration of a normal marriage relationship... More
