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This is a Court application for a Declaratory Order in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] and final interdict. Applicants seek an order in the following terms: 1.The suspension of Certificate of Registration Number 31283 under case number HC2242/19 be and is hereby declared to have lapsed. 2.The fourth and fifth Respondents continued mining activity after the finalization of HC1707/18 and 1824/21 within the operation of mining certificate (registration number 31283) be and is hereby declared to be unlawful. 3.Consequently, fourth and fifth respondents herein be and are hereby ordered to stop all mining operations... More

for the second respondent KATIYO J: The applicant is seeking a declarator and consequential relief in terms of section 14 of the High Court Act in the following terms; IT IS DECLARED THAT: 1. The applicant’s certificate of registration for two mining locations known as Good and Good Days, (registered under certificate of registration number 33908BM, and 33909BM, respectively) are valid and extant. 2. The applicant is entitled to exercise mining rights on the mining locations known as Good Days and Good Days 6 (registered under certificates of registration number 33908BM, and 33909BM, respectively) to the exclusion of the 1st... More

This is a chamber application for joinder wherein the applicant seeks to be joined as a party to the proceedings in Case No. HCH 884/24, a court application for review. The relief sought by the applicant is captured as follows: “1. The application be and is hereby granted. 2. Applicant be and is hereby joined as 2nd respondent in HCH 884/24. 3. The Applicant be and is hereby ordered to file its opposing papers, if any, in HCH 884/24 within 5 days of the granting of this order. 4. The opposing respondents shall pay the costs of this application.” More

1.This is an opposed appeal against the decision of the respondent’s Disciplinary Authority. Seven grounds of appeal were raised as follows: 1.1 “The Disciplinary Authority erred at law in holding that the raising of an additional charge after the suspension of the employee was valid at law. More

MUNANGATI-MANONGWA: An application for substituted service is a plea to court to allow a litigant to use alternative means of serving process to another litigant in a manner other than the usual expected manner of service as per r 15 of the High Court Rules 2021. The order granted in such an application is a special order and same is not granted on mere asking. There has to be special circumstances calling for such relief. Due to the absence of averments pertaining to such special circumstances I refused to grant the application by the applicant herein and called for more... More

The plaintiff instituted this civil action for the eviction of the first defendant from property house number,16 fifth Street Mhangura coupled with a claim of holding over damages in the sum of USD100.00 from the 1st of May 2020 to the date of eviction. [2] In her plea the first defendant claims that the property in question, should have been made part of her retrenchment package and she should have been offered the right of first refusal before the property was purportedly sold to the plaintiff by the second defendant. In addition, she challenges the existence of a fulfilled agreement... More

ASSISTANT INSPECTOR MHONDA 058118M 1ST APPLICANT AND ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GUVHEYA 062053L 2ND APPLICANT AND ASSISTANT INSPECTOR ZVARIMWA 3RD APPLICANT AND SERGEANT NYAMBO 075311J 4TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE MARAVA 070266A 5TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE HLAHLA 071251W 6TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE GUVAMOMBE 992820B 7TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE MAKUVAZA 079427H 8TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE MUTIZE 073947B 9TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE TIVAPASI 081391S 10TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE TIMOTI 067636S 11TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE SIBANDA 077794H 12TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE MUDANGA 992275J 13TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE CHAKANYUKA 088273Y 14TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE TSIKAI 067241M 15TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE KUSEMWAENDA 986867F 16TH APPLICANT AND CONSTABLE NDLELA 086639X 17TH APPLICANT VERSUS THE TRIAL OFFICER N.O. (CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT A. KAVHAI) 1ST RESPONDENT AND COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE 2ND RESPONDENT AND POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION 3RD RESPONDENT (2025-06-17)
CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J: This matter was placed before me as one for review in terms of R62 of the High Court Rules, 2021. In casu, the applicants seek an order to set aside their sentence and conviction by the 1st respondent and their acquittal on charges preferred against them. At the hearing, there was no appearance for the respondents. Efforts were made to ascertain what the challenge was and it appeared that no one was sure of who was handling the matter on the part of the respondents’ legal practitioners. Counsel for the respondents Ms N L Mabasa, logged into the... More