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The 1st appellant is an Agronomist in the Hurungwe District of Mashonaland West. The 2nd appellant is farmer in Karoi. They were jointly charged with fraud in contravention of s136 of the Criminal Law [codification and Reform] Act (Chapter 9:23). The offence relates to fraud in respect of agricultural inputs supplied by the Government. More
The applicant holds a Master’s Degree in Finance. He was last employed as the Group Financial Officer of a mining company. He was also a board member of the company. At the time of the hearing of this application, he was no longer so employed. In fact, he was out of employment. He lost his employment with the mining company in circumstances that led in part to this application More
1. This is an application for bail pending appeal against both conviction and sentence.
2. It was triggered by the judgement of this court convicting them, together with one Terrence Mukupe, of the alternative charge of contravening s 174(1)(e) of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02] (“the Customs and Excise Act”) and the sentence imposed on each of them. More
Plaintiff and defendant were customarily married on 27 February 2021. No children were born out of the union. On 8 September 2022 plaintiff sued out summons claiming:
- Confirmation of the existence of a tacit universal partnership
- Confirmation of the dissolution of the tacit universal partnership
- Distribution of the immovable property to the parties in equal shares of 50 percent each
- Distribution of the movable property and;
- Costs of suit.
In her declaration, plaintiff stated the following. The union was officially terminated by both parties by mutual consent sometime in March 2022. Plaintiff gave the defendant... More
This is an appeal against the decision of a Magistrate Court sitting as a Community Court of appeal ordering her eviction. More
The applicant approached this court seeking rescission of default judgment granted against him and in favor of the first respondent on 19 August 2020 under case number. HC 10389/17. The application is made in terms of R 27(1) of the High Court Rules, 2021 (‘High Court Rules’). The first respondent’s opposing affidavit was deposed by one John Nyakamha hereinafter referred to as John (the first respondent’s father) by virtue of a general power of attorney to represent her. It is upon this background that the applicant raised issues over the opposing affidavit as being improperly commissioned and prayed that it... More
The background of this matter is that applicants and respondents have a dispute regarding issues at the 8th and 9th respondents being a church in Zimbabwe but also headquartered internationally overseas. Applicants are disgruntled with the manner in which the constitution of the church in Zimbabwe from the founding affidavit and the rest of the papers although the draft order (clause (9)) thereof is relating to the constitution of 1st respondent yet 1st respondent per the founding affidavit is a natural person. There is seemingly a problem there. The applicants also have an issue with the way they were evicted... More
