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Intent or Animus Contrahendi re: Simulated or Disguised Agreements

HH67-10 : JAMES MUTETWA vs BARRIE DIXON and MARKO MAVHURUNE N.O. (as Executor Estate Late Samuel Mushaninga) and KENIAS MUTYASIRA N.O. (as Executor Estate Late Salome Chisvo) and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS
Ruled By: MAKARAU JP

In or about January 2006, the applicant and the first respondent entered into an Agreement of Sale in respect of certain immovable property called Stand Number 584 Greystone Park Township of Greystone. In terms of the written agreement, the purchase price for the property was the sum of $400,000,000= and this was to be paid in ...
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HH95-10 : TIISO HOLDINGS (PTY) LIMITED vs ZIMBABWE IRON & STEEL COMPANY LIMITED
Ruled By: PATEL J

The plaintiff in this matter has issued summons for payment of the sum of EUR6,640,295=94 together with interest and costs of suit.The claim arises pursuant to a default judgment of the Regional Court of Frankfurt entered in favour of Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KFW) as against the defendant on 25 July ...
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HH135-15 : D BANK LTD vs ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY
Ruled By: KUDYA J

The appellant entered into an undated one-paged loan agreement…, with the related party…,. The respondent contended that the loan agreement was not a genuine one notwithstanding that three repayments were made. The disquieting features he advanced were the short form nature of the agreement; it was interest free; it was not dated; it did not set out specific repayment dates…,. ...
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SC83-20 : ARISTON HOLDINGS LIMITED vs THE COMPETITION AND TARIFF COMMISSION OF ZIMBABWE
Ruled By: GWAUNZA DCJ, PATEL JA and MAKONI JA

It is apposite to look at the substance rather than the form of the transaction as was reiterated by the Competition Appeal Court of South Africa in Gold Fields Limited v Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and Another [2005] ZACAC 1; [2005] 1 CPLR 74 (CAC), where it held:“There is ...
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HH551-15 : W AND D CONSULTANTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED vs SEAN THOMAS NIELSON DORAN
Ruled By: DUBE J

This dispute came before me as a trial matter. The parties agreed to dispense with the need to call oral evidence there being no disputes of fact arising from the facts. Thereafter, the parties filed heads of argument and a Statement of Agreed Facts.After argument, the court granted the following ...
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SC01-15 : FIRSTEL CELLULAR (PRIVATE) LIMITED vs NETONE CELLULAR (PRIVATE) LIMITED
Ruled By: ZIYAMBI JA, GARWE JA & PATEL JA

Generally speaking, although the integration rule may not invariably apply where the true nature of an agreement is in issue, extrinsic evidence cannot be allowed to negate the express and clear terms of the agreement: see the remarks of ZIYAMBI JA in Nhundu v Chiota Another 2007 (2) ...
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SC40-15 : INDIUM INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD vs KINGSHAVEN (PVT) LTD and DANIEL SHUMBA and LINDA SHUMBA
Ruled By: CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, GWAUNZA JA, GOWORA JA, HLATSHWAYO JA and MAVANGIRA AJA

On 28 February 2008, under case no. HC1239/08, the appellant caused summons to be issued against the respondents seeking an order for the cancellation of a lease, and, consequent thereto, the eviction of the respondents from the leased premises.On 10 December 2008, a second summons was issued by the appellant ...
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SC08-21 : WELLI-WELL (PVT) LTD vs MALVERN IMBAYAGO and THE SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE
Ruled By: BHUNU JA, MATHONSI JA and CHITAKUNYE AJA

In the process of executing a judgment of the High Court against B.M. Graphics (the judgment debtor), the Sheriff placed under judicial attachment certain movable property found at Stand No. 499 Goodwin Road, Willowvale, Harare.The appellant lay a claim to that property resulting in interpleader proceedings being instituted.In a judgment ...
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SC09-21 : ANDERSON MANJA and 98 OTHERS vs SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE and GURTA MINING AG
Ruled By: MAVANGIRA JA, UCHENA JA and MATHONSI JA

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court handed down on 3 June 2020 which upheld the second respondent's claim to immovable property and/or mining claims located in Mashonaland West placed under judicial attachment by the first respondent for sale in execution of a judgment.The judgment ...
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HH351-20 : THE SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE and GURTA AG vs ANDERSON MANJA and 98 OTHERS
Ruled By: CHIKOWERO J

JUSTIFICATIONThe HOLY BIBLE, CONCORDANCE AUTHORIZED KING JAMES VERSION, 2013 p1078 reads, in Ecclesiastes 4:09-12:“9. Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.10. For, if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him who is alone when he falls; for ...
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HH746-19 : SHERIFF FOR ZIMBABWE (APPLICANT) vs WELLI-WILL INDUSTRIES (PVT) LTD (CLAIMANT) and MALVERN IMBAYAGO (JUDGMENT CREDITOR)
Ruled By: DUBE-BANDA J

This is an interpleader application and the Sheriff of Zimbabwe is the applicant.The facts of this case are interwoven and intricate. It is therefore important that I give a detailed background of the facts preceding this application.For ease of reference, and where the context allows, I will refer to the ...
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HH601-14 : SHI JINWU vs BIG VALLEY MASTERS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and PHILLIMON MUBATA
Ruled By: CHIGUMBA J

In interpreting a contract, a court must determine what the intention of the parties was when they entered into a contract....,.In researching what the law says on how to interpret the intention of parties to a contract, I came across the following:In the case of Chikoma v Mukweza 1998 (1) ...
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HH103-12 : ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS ZIMBABWE LIMITED T/A FREDA REBECCA MINE vs TATENDA TAKAVADA
Ruled By: MUTEMA J

This is an application for summary judgment whose draft order reads:“1. The respondent be and are (sic) hereby ordered to vacate the plaintiff's premises to wit House No. 1117 Haka Way, Chipadze Township, within seven (7) days of this order.2. The respondent pays costs of suit.”This is one of several ...
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HH271-13 : ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS ZIMBABWE LIMITED t/a FREDDA REBECCA MINE vs NYASHA MUTENGWA
Ruled By: MAWADZE J

This is an application for summary judgment wherein the applicant seeks the eviction of the respondent and all those claiming occupation through him from House Number 1131, Chipadze Township, Bindura and costs of suit.The facts of this matter are largely common cause:The respondent was employed by the applicant. With the ...
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HH385-13 : WEBSTER RUSHESHA (as legal guardian of Panashe Rushesha and Tivonge Rushesha) and RASAR INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD vs ALEXIOUS DERA and ZIMCOR TRUSTEES LTD and FRANK BUYANGA and BOKA INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD and MATTHEW BOKA and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS
Ruled By: ZHOU J

This is an action instituted by the plaintiff claiming the following relief which is set out in the summons:“1. An order declaring that:(i) The purported sale between first and second defendants for the sale of 100% shareholding in second plaintiff, on or about 12th February 2009, and all actions flowing ...
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HH728-17 : C R S (PVT) LTD vs ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY
Ruled By: KUDYA J

This is an appeal against the four amended assessments issued by the respondent against the appellant on 23 June 2014 in respect of the four consecutive tax years ended 31 December 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.The real issue for determination posed by these assessments is whether the respondent can tax ...
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