(1) GAYNOR CHITSAKA (2) HERBERT MAWEMA (3) BHEREBENDE LAW CHAMBERS (4) W.O.M SIMANGO & ASSOCIATES v (1) LORRAINE ELIZABETH HEYNS (2) T LOUIS HEYNS (3) PETERSON MAVARAIDZE (4) BELIEVE GUTA (5) EZEKIEL CHINOINGIRA (6) AGRIPPA BANDA (7) DONALD JARAVAZA (8) ADMIRE GOWERA (9) ALOUIS MABHUNU (10) ISHEANESU MUTERO (11) CHRISTABEL MAFIRAKUREWA (12) BALWEARIE HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LIMITED (13) GATOOMA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PRIVATE) LIMITED (under liquidation) (14) PARAGON REAL ESTATE (PRIVATE) LIMITED (15) SABRE SERVICES (PRIVATE) LIMITED (16) SINYORO & PARTNERS (17)REGISTRAR OF DEEDS AND COMPANIES (18) SHERIFF FOR ZIMBABWE (19) MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT (20) KADOMA CITY COUNCIL

Supreme Court · SC 46-23 · 05 2023

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”), wherein it dismissed the appellants’ point in limine that the respondents’ application before it was a nullity for non-compliance with r 59 of the…

WONDER DUBE v KEITH MATSEKA

Supreme Court · SC48-23 · 05 2023

This is an opposed chamber application for reinstatement of an appeal under case number SC 166/22. The application is brought consequent to the applicant’s failure to file his heads of argument within the prescribed time limits.

PETROMOC EXOR (PRIVATE) LIMITED v (1) KUDZANAI CHIMEDZA (2) CRANDID PETROLEUM (PRIVATE) LIMITED (3) MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, WATER, CLIMATE AND RESETTLEMENT (4) SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE

Supreme Court · SC 49-23 · 05 2023

The appellant brings an appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) handed down on 21 July 2021. The reasons for judgment were delivered on 28 September 2021 under judgment number HH 533-21. The order struck…

TAPFUMANEYI ALIFANARI v THE STATE

Supreme Court · SC-43-23 · 05 2023

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Harare handed down on 21 November 2018 convicting the appellant of murder with actual intent as defined in s 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform)…

SINIKIWE DHLIWAYO versus JOHN TRANOS MATUKUTIRE

Harare High Court · HH 326-23 · 05 2023

In summary, the facts which culminated in the application in casu are that, the applicant and the respondent entered into an agreement of sale in respect of Stand Number 1244 Good Hope Township of Lot 16 of Good Hope, measuring…

TANAKA SITHOLE and CYNTHIA SITHOLE versus PENNIWILL (PRIVATE) LIMITED and EDITHA INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD and THE TRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF GABRIEL AND ANGELS TRUST and NOBERT MAVUNGA and JOICE POUND and CECIL KACHAMBWA and LEWIS DOWA and NYARADZO CHEZA and PAMELA KUBARA and LINDA MUNJOMA and BRADLEY TRUST and THE SHERIFF OF HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE N.O

Harare High Court · HH-325-23 · 05 2023

On 16 May 2022 this Court (HON. MANGOTA J) issued an order (the Order) in an application HC 5689/21 pitting first respondent (applicant therein) against applicants in casu and the rest of the respondents. The order read as follows: 1.…

MASHINGAIDZE ZHOU versus PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR (MIDLANDS) And FARAI MUSIPA

Masvingo High Court · HMA 14-23 · 05 2023

The applicant and the 2nd respondent both lay claim to the same mining block situated in the Mberengwa district of the Midlands Province, each apparently fortified in his claim by the mine registration documents granted his favour. Whereas the applicant’s…

RONALD MODA and THE STATE

Harare High Court · HH 464-23 · 05 2023

The applicant a male adult aged 22 years is facing a charge of murder in contravention of s47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He applied for his release on bail pending trial in this…

STATE versus ADMIRE NCUBE AND TAIRUS KAIPENI AND AKIM SIBANDA

Chinhoyi High Court · HCC 14-23 · 05 2023

According to the State case, on 2 November 2021 at about 2300 hours, the accused persons approached the deceased one Melody Makaramba with fake gold. The deceased was a known gold smelter and gold buyer in this community of Etna…

CHAD CECIL MUPANDANYAMA and SWIFTEAGLE INVESTMENTS BUSINESS CONSULTANCY versus ELIAZEL MUSHIRINGI and TARIRAI DAVID MUNANGANGWA and RUAN MEATS ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED and WHOZHERI STONE CRUSHERS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES N.O. and THE PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR MIDLANDS PROVINCE and THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT

Harare High Court · HH 339-23 · 05 2023

This is an urgent chamber application for leave to execute pending appeal. The judgment which is being sought to be executed upon was granted in Case No. HC 6457/20 on 5 April 2023 following an action instituted by the applicants…

NARESH JIVAN versus MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT and VERITAS EXECUTORS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and CAROL BRENDA LEEPER

Harare High Court · HH-313-23 · 05 2023

This is an urgent chamber application in which the applicant seeks an order to the effect that the second and third respondents be stopped from dealing with the estate of the late Shirley Valley Trelc (deceased estate). The applicant seeks…

TIRIVANGANI CHIDYAUSIKU versus HAVILAHVALE MINING SYNDICATE and JELOUS HLANGANISO and MINISTER OF MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT N.O and MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, WATER & RURAL SETTLEMENT

Harare High Court · HH-314-23 · 05 2023

Applicant approached the court on an urgent basis seeking a declaration that first and second respondents and their assignees had committed an act of spoliation against him in respect of his occupation of subdivision 1 of Chifumbi North in Goromonzi…

CAROL AGATHA ZHOU (NEE BVUNZAWABAYA) versus EMESON NDOVISAI ZHOU

Harare High Court · HH-315-23 · 05 2023

Plaintiff and Defendant were married on 28 June 1991. The marriage was blessed with three children, Tafara David Zhou (born 15 October 1992) (Tafara), Ruvimbo Charity Zhou (born 23 December 1997) (Ruvimbo) and Rugare Ndovisai Zhou (born 18 October 2009)…

NESTLE ZIMBABWE (PVT) LTD versus ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY

Harare High Court · HH-319-23 · 05 2023

This is an application for a Declaratur. Its subject matter are the assessments issued by Respondent to Applicant on 17 January 2022 in respect of Applicant’s tax years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In the Respondent’s eyes this application…

TOBACCO RESEARCH BOARD And BLINART INVESTMENTS (Pvt) Ltd

Harare High Court · HH-321-23 · 05 2023

This is an application for an order to compel the Respondent to deliver and or furnish the Applicant with Bills of Entry concerning certain computers imported and supplied to the Applicant by the Respondent as per the contract entered into…

STEPHEN NYANYIWA APPLICANT versus EDWARD NYANYIWA Jnr 1ST RESPONDENT and CLEVER MANDIZVIDZA 2ND RESPONDENT (in his capacity as executor estate late Edward Nyanyiwa) and SVIVA CONTRACTORS (PVT) LTD 3RD RESPONDENT and THE SQUIRES LOFT (PVT) LTD 4TH RESPONDENT and E PFUGARI PROPERTIES (PVT) LTD 5TH RESPONDENT and THE MASTER OF THE HIGHT COURT

Harare High Court · HH-322-23 · 05 2023

The Applicant’s bone of contention is that as a beneficiary of the estate of the deceased, he is not happy with the manner in which the 1st and 2nd Respondents became Directors in the 3rd to the 5th Respondents and…

KUDZANAYI MELO versus AUSTIN KANDIBERO

Harare High Court · HH-323-23 · 05 2023

The parties were in an unregistered customary law union entered into in 2010 which was dissolved in December 2021. During that time they had two children, one in 2010 and the other in 2016. The parties are before me in…

REGINALD MUSARA versus CHIDO MAWOYO

Harare High Court · HH-324-23 · 05 2023

The plaintiff issued summons on 15 October 2021 for the sharing of movable property only, under general law on the basis that though he had an unregistered customary law union with the defendant, their lifestyle was more in accordance with…

(1) FRANCES BOWERS (2) BERNADETTE COSTAS v (1) THE MINISTER OF LANDS, AGRICULTURE, WATER FISHERIES AND RURAL RESETTLEMENT N.O (2) MARGIE SIZIBA (3) COLLIN SHIRICHENA (4) NYASHA MANYAKARA (5) TENDAI MUNEDZI (6) PEARSON NDORO (7) EMMANUEL MATIZANADZO (8) TARIRO MOYO

Supreme Court · SC 15-25 · 05 2023

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court dated 3 February 2023 in which it declined to exercise its jurisdiction over the applicant’s application in which it sought the applicants’ immovable property namely subdivision J and K…

THE STATE versus GABRIEL MWALE

Harare High Court · HH 469-23 · 05 2023

This is an appeal against sentence imposed on the appellant following his conviction on one count of rape as defined in s 65 of the code and one count of robbery as defined in s 126 of the code. In…