THE STATE Versus SIBONGISENI MPOFU

Bulawayo High Court · HB-52-26 · 03 2026

The accused appeared before us on a charge of murder as defined in s47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He pleaded not guilty.

THE STATE Versus KHULEKANI MPOFU

Bulawayo High Court · HB-54-26 · 03 2026

On 2 September 2025 at around 0200hours the accused stabbed the now deceased, his estranged wife with a kitchen knife and she lost her life. He appeared before us on a charge of murder as defined in s47 (1) of…

HAMATI TRUST versus PRISCILLA TIMBA

Harare High Court · HH218-26 · 03 2026

This matter came before me as a special case in terms of Rule 52 of the High Court Rules, 2021. The parties, being co-owners in equal undivided shares of an immovable property known as Lot 2 of Brooke Estates, also…

RAY AND BRIAN ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED versus GRAFIELD ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED and THE PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR MASHONALAND EAST and MINISTER OF MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT and SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT

Harare High Court · HH204-26 · 03 2026

1. This urgent court application for a declaratur and consequential relief was placed before the court in terms of r 59(6) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The timelines within which further court papers were to be filed were abridged…

DHIREN SHANTILAL GOVAN v REENA NARENDRA GOVAN

Supreme Court · HB-21-26 · 03 2026

As to why the parties in this matter, who are going through a divorce they have elected to pursue at a snail’s pace while tenaciously fighting over their nine- year old daughter, have decided to bring up their daughter the…

DHIREN SHANTILAL GOVAN versus REENA NARENDRA GOVAN

Supreme Court · SC-21-26 · 03 2026

As to why the parties in this matter, who are going through a divorce they have elected to pursue at a snail’s pace while tenaciously fighting over their nine- year old daughter, have decided to bring up their daughter the…

THE STATE Versus PERSEVERANCE MUTAMIRI

Chinhoyi High Court · HCC-13-26 · 03 2026

This is a matter for automatic review involving an unrepresented female youth. The record is imbued with several procedural irregularities. The matter was brought as a plea, but from the initial remand to the date of final verdict, it was…

HOPEWELL MUNHAMO RUKURE versus GRACE RUKURE (nee KADENHE) and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS

Harare High Court · HH-202-26 · 03 2026

The order sought by the Applicant in this matter is couched in the following terms: “1. The Application under case number HCHF 2670/24 be and is hereby reinstated; 2. the further prosecution of case number HCHF 2670/24 shall be in…

PAARLWEB INVESTMENTS PVT LTD Versus HWANGE LOCAL BOARD

Bulawayo High Court · HB-45-26 · 03 2026

Plaintiff’s claim is for:- “(a) A declaration be and is hereby issued that the Agreement of Sale between plaintiff and defendant wherein defendant sold stand 7011 industrial site, Hwange for $24 045-00 and negotiated balance within 5 years be declared…

HENRY NHERERA Versus THE STATE.

Bulawayo High Court · HB-30-26 · 02 2026

This is an appeal against conviction of the Magistrates’ Court sitting at Western Commonage, Bulawayo, in which the appellant was convicted on 31 January 2025 of contravening sections 67 and 66 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, namely…

TELECONTRACT (PVT)LTD Versus ECONET WIRELESS (PVT) LTD And POSTAL & TELECOMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ZIMBABWE

Harare High Court · HH-196-26 · 02 2026

Telecontract and Econet are parties to a 2011 agreement titled Interconnection Agreement (ICA)in terms of which Telecontract maintains an active voice interconnection service with Econet for inbound and outbound call termination. Telecontract approached this court on an urgent basis alleging…

GOLDEN CRUST BAKERIES t/a EAT n LICK APPELLANT Versus ISRAEL CHEMWAYI RESPONDENT

Labour Court · LC-H 28-26 · 02 2026

1.1. The respondent was employed by the appellant since May 2020 as a General Manager. The respondent had been continuously signing one-year contracts until January 2023, when he signed the contract, which led to the granting of the award being…

ISAAC JAMU versus THE STATE

Supreme Court · SC-30-26 · 02 2026

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) which dismissed an appeal by the appellant against the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare, in which the appellant was convicted of the…

RUMBIDZAI PRIMROSE TAGARIRA versus VIMBAISHE MUNGARAZA and KARIBA TOWN COUNCIL

Harare High Court · HH-198-26 · 02 2026

Applicant approached the court seeking the following order. “IT IS ORDERED THAT 1. The agreement signed between Miriam Chinake and Banabas Taderera ceding the minor child Patience Tagarira’s right, title ad interest in stand No. 490 Nyamhunga Township Kariba, to…

HRL SAFARI LLC LIMITED versus FOREVER AFRICA (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Harare High Court · HH-199-26 · 02 2026

[1] This is a special case in terms of r 52 of the High Court Rules, 2021, as read with r 4(2) of the High Court (Commercial Division) Rules, 2020.

WILLIAM CHAITEZVI and SANDRELLA M CHAITEZVI versus BRUCE MAKISI and NIGEL TAKAVARASHA and COMMISSIONER GENERAL POLICE N.O and THE OFFICER COMMANDING VTS N.O and THE SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT 5TH RESPONDENT

Harare High Court · HH191-26 · 02 2026

] This is an urgent chamber application placed before the court in relation to execution upon a judgment obtained by the respondent and the execution steps that followed. [2] During the course of the hearing, counsel for the respondent drew…

NOBERT CHIKONHI and DINOH SANGARA and MAKAMBA MAGWENZI and BIGGIE MAPHOSA versus MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE N. O and COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE N.O FREDA REBECCA GOLD MINE LIMITED

Harare High Court · HH-195-26 · 02 2026

This is an urgent chamber application for the mandament van spolie arising from alleged dispossession of artisanal mining places at the Blue Tents mining area near Bindura. The applicants seek interim restoration of possession pendente lite by way of a…

GUTA RA MWARI CONGREGATION versus GUTA RA MWARI RELIGION and 6 OTHERS

Harare High Court · HH 190-26 · 02 2026

Litigants who approach the courts are required to circumspectly express their wishes and allegations through pleadings. The primary purpose of the pleadings is for the court and the parties to be able to define issues for any matter before the…

MIRIAM SARAI versus TIMOTHY CHATIKOBO and MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT N.O

Harare High Court · HH 194-26 · 02 2026

In brief, the background facts to the application are that the late Garirayi Chatikobo died intestate on 20 August 2002. On 17 October 2024, the first respondent was appointed executor dative by the second respondent with the agreement of the…

CHARLES MASVIMBO Versus MMP MINING SYNDICATE AND ABEDNIGO TAWANDA MAKUVIRE AND PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR, MIDLANDS PROVINCE (N.O) AND SECRETARY FOR MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT

High Court of Bulawayo · HB-26-26 · 02 2026

The applicant is the owner and village head of a communal land in Masvimbo Village, Ward 9, under Chief Gwesela in Zhombe, Kwekwe, and has farmed and lived on the land since the 1990s. In 2023, after discovering gold deposits…