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Fee Structure, Non-Payment of Fees and Debt Collection

HH17-09 : TARISAYI ZVOMA vs WATERSHED COLLEGE (represented by Joseph Goromonzi, Chairman of the Board of Governors)
Ruled By: HUNGWE J

Watershed College is a trust school or private school operated by a trust in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. A meeting was held to set fees...The college adopted the Old Mutual Implied Rate to convert the units to Zimbabwe dollars...some parents did not pay the agreed fees on time and others did not ...
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HH17-09 : TARISAYI ZVOMA vs WATERSHED COLLEGE (represented by Joseph Goromonzi, Chairman of the Board of Governors)
Ruled By: HUNGWE J

Schools are entitled to institute systems which enhance their service delivery and functionality. Their core business is to provide an education. But this comes at a cost to both the parents, whose children benefit from the services offered by the institution, and the Trustees who have been entrusted with the running of the school. ...
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HB27-09 : ZIMBABWE NATIONAL STUDENTS UNION and NUST STUDENTS' REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL vs NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Ruled By: NDOU J

The first respondent opened for the first semester of 2009 in January. At the time of the finalization of this application, the registration of students had commenced. Just prior to the commencement of the registration, the first respondent notified the stakeholders of a new fee structure. The fees were ranging from US$532= to US$700=. The new structure ...
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HHB01-11 : IDAH NYABEZA and MUNYARADZI MURENGA vs THE STATE
Ruled By: CHEDA J and NDOU J

The issue of tuition or levy fees has been a topical issue for a number of years. It is, therefore, necessary to deal with it at this point once and for all. In my opinion the issue of fees directly relates to the law of contract.When a parent and/or guardian secures a place for ...
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SC54-17 : NDABEZINHLE MAZIBUKO vs THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE and THE NATIONAL INCOMES AND PRICING COMMISSION and THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Ruled By: GARWE JA, GOWORA JA and HLATSHWAYO JA

The appellant, as applicant, filed an application before the High Court in which he sought certain declarators and other ancillary relief against the first respondent. After considering the papers filed of record and submissions by counsel, the High Court dismissed the application with costs. Against that order the appellant now appeals to this ...
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SC54-17 : NDABEZINHLE MAZIBUKO vs THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE and THE NATIONAL INCOMES AND PRICING COMMISSION and THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Ruled By: GARWE JA, GOWORA JA and HLATSHWAYO JA

The appellant argues that the court a quo failed to deal with three issues he had raised. These issues were; (a) That the school should not increase school fees except upon giving parents a term's notice of such increase; (b) That the practice of barring learners from attending classes on account of non-payment of ...
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HH335-14 : ZUWA DAMSON vs LINCOLN USHAMBA
Ruled By: TSANGA J

This urgent application turned upon the issue of whether an order of maintenance from the Magistrate Court, that is currently pending review, can be varied, even provisionally, by the High Court through an urgent chamber application.My immediate legal view was that this was not possible.However, since the parties were self-actors, ...
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