AGRIVI OPEN MINING (PRIVATE) LIMITED VERSUS MOLLY DICK

Harare High Court · HH-387-26 · 05 2026

When this matter first came before me, I encouraged the parties to settle it and I indicated to them that, on the face of the papers, a sensible consent order appeared possible. The parties were unable to settle. Happily, the…

JOHN KUNDEYA VERSUS HWEDZA RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Harare High Court · HH-388-26 · 05 2026

The plaintiff’s claim is founded on malicious arrest and prosecution. The central question in this whole matter is not whether the police, upon receiving the report and supporting papers from the defendant, could form a suspicion. It is whether this…

AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY versus WILLARD MBONA

Harare High Court · HH-389-26 · 05 2026

This is an opposed urgent chamber application for a stay of execution of the judgment granted in HCH4575/25, pending the determination by the Supreme Court of an application for condonation, reinstatement, and extension of time in case SC491/26. The broad…

(1) VALENTINE MAPONGA (2) PAIDAMOYO MUZULU (3) FIRINNE TRUST TRADING AS VERITAS VERSUS (1) THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (2) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE (3) THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE

Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe · CCZ-05-26 · 05 2026

On 2 May 2024, the applicants filed a court application in the High Court of Zimbabwe (the Court a quo) seeking an order declaring s 22A of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], introduced by the Criminal…

ZIMBABWE CONSOLIDATED DIAMOND COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED VERSUS ADLECRAFT INVESTMENT (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Supreme Court · SC-33-26 · 05 2026

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”), dated 15 March 2023. In that judgment, the respondent filed an urgent court application wherein it claimed an order directing the appellant to pay…

CABLETRON ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED versus THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS N.O and THE SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT N.O and THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS N.O and THE SURVEYOR GENERAL N.O and CITY OF HARARE

Harare High Court · HH-382-26 · 05 2026

This is a court application for a compelling order. The applicant seeks an order compelling the respondents to process stand numbering, issue survey instructions, carry out title survey, issue dispensation certificates and transfer to it certain pieces of land situate…

TICHAWONA MUCHINJIKO VERSUS THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS and CHIEF SVOSVE N.O. and BEAVEN MAKWARIMBA and THE PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF CHIEFS, MASHONALAND EAST

Harare High Court · HH-383-26 · 05 2026

This is an application for review and declaratory relief arising from a dispute concerning the Makwarimba headmanship under Chief Svosve in Wedza. The applicant seeks, among other relief, an order declaring the nomination of the Tozvireva household null and void,…

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ALLIED SERVICES versus ECONET WIRELESS (PRIVATE) LIMITED

Harare High Court · HH-384-26 · 05 2026

There is an old saying that when the village drum has sounded in every homestead, the absent elder cannot continue to say he did not hear the call. This matter concerns a call that has been sounded repeatedly: first in…

SANDRA MOYO versus BRENDA MBUNGO

Harare High Court · HH-385-26 · 05 2026

This is an action for adultery damages arising from an alleged adulterous relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff’s spouse, Martin Makombe. The plaintiff claims US $15 000.00 for loss of contumelia, representing injury, insult, and indignity, and further claims…

NTOMBIZODWA NHOWE versus MONICA GONDO and RAYMOND TAFADZWA NHOWE and THE SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT

Harare High Court · HH-372-26 · 05 2026

This is a chamber application for suspension of the sale of a dwelling. The application is instituted in terms of subrule (14) as read with subrule (15) of rule 71 of the High Court Rules, 2021. The applicant seeks that…

LUCKY CHAKARAYA VERSUS MUNICIPALITY OF CHEGUTU

Labour Court · LC-191-26 · 05 2026

Applicant applied to this Court for condonation of a belated application for rescission of judgment. The application did not state the provision in terms of which it was made. Respondent opposed the application. The pertinent part of the applicant’s founding…

THE SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE versus BROADHAVEN CONSTRUCTION (PRIVATE) LIMITED and BORROWDALE VALLEY ESTATES (PRIVATE) LIMITED and NEVILLE ROY BENNET

Harare High Court · HH-373-26 · 05 2026

The Applicant approached this court through interpleader proceedings in terms of Rule 63 having been informed by the Claimants that they laid claim to the attached property. The Judgment Creditor obtained judgment against the Judgment Debtor namely Mandi Magret Majoni…

EXCELLENT QUEUE PRIVATE BUSINESS CORPORATION Versus FAIRWINDS FARMING (PVT) LIMITED And LAKE FRESH FISHERIES (PVT) LIMITED And REGISTRAR OF DEEDS

Harare High Court · HH-376-26 · 05 2026

This matter was placed before me as one for a declaratory order and consequential relief in terms of s14 of the High Court Act [ Chapter 7:06]. The background can be summarised as follows. In November 2015, the applicant and…

DONALD SARUDZAI MAKONI (Represented by PETTY MAKONI) and WAMBUTSO DONALD MAKONI VERSUS THE PROVINCIAL MINING DIRECTOR MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE N.O. and THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINING DEVELOPMENT N.O.

Harare High Court · HH-371-26 · 05 2026

The commandment to honour one’s father and mother is ancient. Shakespeare, in King Lear, gave literary expression to the same sorrow when he wrote of the sharpness of filial ingratitude. But courts do not decide disputes by sentiment, scripture, or…

KANGAUSARU INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED VERSUS (1) JULIAN FITZJAMES BOWL (2) OLIVER JULIAN BOWL (3) THE SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT

Supreme Court · SC-31-26 · 05 2026

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe (“the court a quo”) sitting at Harare, handed down on 1 July 2025. In the judgment, the court a quo granted an application by the first…

THE CAKE FAMILY VERSUS NANCY MARUFU

Labour Court · LC-180-26 · 05 2026

[3] The appellant, who operates a cake business, engaged the respondent under a verbal agreement to sell cakes at his shop. On 09 September 2025, the appellant dismissed the respondent on the basis that she failed to report for duty…

EMMANUEL MUTAMBIRWA VERSUS NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY

Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe · CCZ-03-26 · 05 2026

This is a court application for direct access to the Constitutional Court. The application is brought in terms of s 167(5) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, as read with r 26 of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2025. The intended substantive…

KINGSLEY CHANETSA versus OFFICER IN CHARGE, VEHICLE THEFT SQUAD. ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POLICE and COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE N.O and MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE N.O and PEACEMAKER MAKUVE and BRIGHT TATENDA CHITUNGO

Harare High Court · HH-367-26 · 05 2026

The plaintiff’s claim is for a declaratur that he is the lawful and rightful owner and holder of ownership rights in a black 2014 Mercedes Benz, registration number AGG 2117, engine number 274M163024823G, chassis number WDD2050402F066784, and for an order…

MUYENGWA DANDEMUTANDE and DEREK YOUNG KEE versus ANTONY KATES and MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT N.O

Harare High Court · HH-368-26 · 05 2026

This matter concerns a dispute over the validity of the Last Will and Testament of the late Gregory Michael Young Kee who died in 2022. The first and second plaintiffs instituted summons commencing proceedings on 24 February 2022, seeking an…

REVEREND CLEMENT NYATHI and THE TRUSTEES FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF AFRICA, versus REVEREND ROSEWELL ZULU and PATSON HLABANGANA and HERBERT KELEB YALALA and CLEVER MEMBERE and CHIRILELE MUGOYANA and APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF AFRICA

Harare High Court · HH-364-26 · 05 2026

This is an application for leave to sue. Put in the applicant’s own terms, the relief sought is leave to file a composite application for condonation and extension of time within which to apply for rescission of the default judgment…