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Bulawayo High Court Judgements
This is an application for leave to sue a company in liquidation brought under section 213 of the Companies Act [Chapter 24:03] by the applicant against the respondents.
The applicant is a company duly incorporated and registered in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe.
The first respondent is cited as the provisional liquidator of the second respondent.
The second respondent is a duly incorporated company which is currently under liquidation with the first respondent as the liquidator as a result of the order of this court of 1 November 2012.
The detailed background to this case is stated hereunder. More
MABHIKWA J: The plaintiff issued summons against the defendant. She alleged that she and the defendant were married in terms of Shona custom in December 2006. She said that the defendant is therefore her estranged customary law husband. The parties are now living separately and not as husband and wife. There are three minor children born of the union namely Byron Sydwell, Darrel Sydwell and Mia Sydwell Nsingo.
During the subsistence of the said union, there developed and existed a “tacit universal partnership between the parties wherein the two were equal partners. The plaintiff was employed by Exortica Nurseries from... More
This is an application purportedly made for the guardianship of a minor child in terms of the Guardianship of Minors Act (Chapter 5:08). The order sought by the applicant is couched in the following terms:
“1. Applicant be and is hereby granted custody of the minor child, namely Zoleka Mhlanga (a minor born on 9th June 2004)
2. That 1st respondent be granted access to the minor child, every alternative school holiday.”
The application is opposed. The 1st respondent has raised certain preliminary issues which are dispositve of the mater. I shall consider these issues in turn. More
This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicant and five co-accused persons are facing 6 counts of armed robbery and contravening of section 126 of the Criminal Law Codification an Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). Applicant denies the allegations and avers that he has been wrongly implicated in this matter. The application for bail is opposed by the state. More
The appellants and 2 others appeared before a Magistrate sitting at Hwange Magistrate’s Court. They were charged with the crime of contravening section 82 (1) of Statutory Instrument 362/90 as read with section 128 (b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act (Chapter 20:14) as amended in section 11 of the General Laws Amendment Act Number 5 of 2011 “Unlawful Possession of Ivory”. More
