THE STATE versus PREVIOUS SHUMBA

Harare High Court · HH 79-2007 · 10 2007

The accused is a member of the neighbourhood watch committee. On 18 March 2007 he was at Gundura business centre Gokwe together with seven colleagues, investigating crime. During the course of investigations the accused and his accomplices accosted the seventeen…

ABDUL AHMAD versus CONJU-INCORPORATED (PVT) LTD and JOHANNES MAKONYE and PETER CHIVESO

Harare High Court · HH 71-2007 · 10 2007

Applicant seeks an order directing the respondents to return to him a Toyota Cressida motor vehicle registration number ANN 1574 within 48 hours of the service of the order. Applicant engaged the first respondent, car dealership to find a buyer…

PADDINGTON GARWE versus ZIMIND PUBLISHERS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and VINCENT KAHIYA and AUGUSTINE MUKARO

Harare High Court · HH 70-2007 · 10 2007

I was assigned from the Supreme Court to the High Court specifically to hear this matter. The trial was conducted over a period of two days, at the end of which it was agreed between the parties that the parties…

KATHLEEN LISA LOTHIAN Versus PETER VALENTINE

Harare High Court · HH 91-2007 · 10 2007

On 3 October 2005, the plaintiff lodged with the Registrar of this court an urgent application for interim custody of her son Brandon. On 4 October 2005 a certificate of service was filed by the legal practitioners of the plaintiff…

ROBERT MADZAMBA versus CATHERINE MERCY CHIDEMO and MRS. E. GEZI and THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS

Harare High Court · HH71-13 · 10 2007

Plaintiff in this matter seeks an order directing the first defendant to transfer all rights, title and interest in the subdivided piece of land being portion of stand 132 of Prospect measuring 2350 square metres and an order interdicting first…

BOTHWELL MUWALO versus FAIRVEST REAL ESTATE

Harare High Court · HH 72-2007 · 09 2007

The plaintiff filed summons with this court on 4 October 2006 against the defendant claiming the following relief: a) $15 000 000 being damages for the failure to execute its mandate resulting in the loss of Stand No 5609 New…

MNONDO RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION versus RAYMOND MOYO AND OTHERS

Harare High Court · HH 66-2007 · 09 2007

The applicant in this matter is an association comprised by the tenants of various properties owned by the 13th respondent, Mnondo Properties (Pvt) Ltd (the Landlord). The 1st to the 11th respondents are partners within the firm of legal practitioners…

MODZONE ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED and PAUL EDWARDS SHIPPING COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED versus TRANSTECH FREIGHT ZIMBABWE (PRIVATE) LIMITED (trading as UTI)

Harare High Court · HH 65-2007 · 09 2007

The plaintiffs in this case claim the sums of US$26,528.72 and ZAR43,534.80 as damages for breach of a contract of carriage entered into with the defendant in June 2001. The plaintiffs’ claim is founded on the common law of carriage…

ALICE SUNGA & 32 OTHERS versus DERON MUTENGWA

Harare High Court · HH 68-2007 · 09 2007

In or about 2000, the applicant and 32 others whose names she lists in an annexure to her affidavit occupied a farm in Nyabira. The exact name and description of the farm they occupy is in dispute as I shall…

VICTOR ALFRED GIFFORD versus MR MUZIRE and MORGAN MWACHETA and VAXSON MAPOSA and THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR LANDS, LAND REFORM AND SETTLEMENT

Harare High Court · HH 69-2007 · 09 2007

This is an urgent chamber application for a spoliation order that was filed by the applicant on 12 September 2007. It was allocated to me on 13 September 2007 and I set it down for hearing on 18 September 2007.…

FRANCINA ZIMAYI versus BURDOCK INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and AUXILLIA DANAYI MUNYEZA and WILLIAM KENNETH LUNT

Harare High Court · HH 64-2007 · 09 2007

The applicant seeks an order setting aside an arbitration award made by the 3rd respondent in September 2004 and compelling the transfer of Stand No. 2950, Bluff Hill, Harare, into her name. In the alternative, in the event that the…

ZIMBABWE BANKING AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION & ANOTHER versus BEVERLEY BUILDING SOCIETY & OTHERS

Harare High Court · HH 63-2007 · 09 2007

The 1st applicant in this matter is the Zimbabwe Banking and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU). The union was originally registered in February 1991 to cover banking institutions and in April 1992 its scope of coverage was varied to cover financial…

EARNEST MACHEKA versus PAUL METCALFE and MAIZELAND SOS

Harare High Court · HH 62-2007 · 09 2007

The plaintiff in this case is a farmer by vocation and he also happens to be a prophet. He claims payment in the sum of $4.5 million (revalued) as damages for defamation ($2.5 million) and damages for unlawful arrest and…

SANUDI MASUDI versus DAVID JERA

Harare High Court · HH 67-2007 · 09 2007

In 1998, the appellant moved onto stand number 1957 Chinamano Extension in Epworth, with the blessings of one Sophia Jera (“Sophia”), the then registered tenant in respect of the property. Subject to the land being subdivided with the consent of…

JDM AGRO – CONSULT & MARKETING (PVT) LTD versus THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD NEWSPAPER and THE HERALD NEWSPAPER

Harare High Court · HH 61-2007 · 08 2007

The plaintiff issued summons against the defendants described herein for defamation damages in the sum of $ 500 000 000-00. In the declaration which is attached to the summons the defendants are described in the following terms: “2 (a) The…

G. A. PALMER (PVT) LTD versus MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR LANDS, LAND REFORM & RESETTLEMENT and STANLEY KASUKUWERE

Harare High Court · HH 60-2007 · 08 2007

The applicant sought the following relief by way of urgent chamber application, that: “1 The Second Respondent and all those holding occupation under him be and are hereby interdicted and prevented from in any manner whatsoever; a) Interfering with the…

THE MUTIMURI FAMILY (Represented by Bernard Bunu Garamukanwa) versus MOSES NYAMUKANGA (Representing the Nyamukanga Family) and STANELY NYAMANGARA (Representing the Nyamangara Family) and ERNEST CHIKAMBI (Representing the Chimbamauro Family) and MATTHEW MATARE DUNUNU (Representing the Dununu Family and CHIPURIRO CHIMBAMAURO (Representing the Chimbamauro Family) and JOHN MATIBIRI (Representing the Chidziva Family) and THE DJAKONDA FAMILY (Whose representative is to the Plaintive unknown) and THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR ZVIMBA and THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATOR MASHONALAND WEST and THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT RURAL AND URBAN PLANNING.

Harare High Court · HH 57-2007 · 08 2007

The plaintiff and the first to the seventh defendants are families claiming entitlement to ascend the Zvimba Chieftainship. They are all descendants of Neiteve Chihobvu the founder of the Zvimba chieftainship.

THE STATE versus CHRISTOPHER TICHONA KURUNERI

Harare High Court · HH 59-2007 · 08 2007

This is an application by the accused for discharge at the close of the State’s case in terms of s 198(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (Chapter 9:07). The application relates to the charges in counts 2 and…

STATE versus MIKE TAMBO

Harare High Court · HH 56-2007 · 07 2007

The accused person was jointly charged with another on one count of theft of newspapers. They pleaded not guilty but the accused was convicted after a trial. His co accused was acquitted at the end of the trial. The accused…

DAIRIBORD MALAWI LIMITED versus PITIEL MUDYANADZO

Harare High Court · HH 55-2007 · 07 2007

The defendant was employed by Dairiboard Zimbabwe Limited. On 1st January 1998 he was seconded to the plaintiff as a Finance Manager and Company Secretary for a period of two years, subject to annual review by the plaintiff’s managing director.…