Rolling River Enterprises Private Limited and Jacobus Johannes Oosthuysen and Richard Gravett Oosthuysen and Phillip Charles Alexander Oosthuysen and Sophia Oosthuysen v The Minister of State (for National Security, Land Reform and Resettlement) and Frederick Shava and Senator Shaddy Sai and The Commissioner of Police N.O. and The Officer in Charge ZRP Police Kwekwe Rural N.O. and The Provincial Magistrate E A Kadye and The Provincial Magistrate C. Mudzongachisvo and The Deputy Sheriff N.O. and The Attorney General N.O.

HH 68-2006

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

12 June 2006

Citation

HH 68-2006

Neutral Citation

[2006] ZWHH 68

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Urgent Application

Bench

Presiding

GOWORA J

Full Bench

GOWORA J

Areas of Law

Property lawAdministrative lawCivil procedure

Keywords

EvictionEx-parte orderMagistrates CourtNatural justiceSpoliationLand reform

Tags

Land reformEvictionFarm seizureSpoliation

legislation

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Case Summary

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the High Court should hear an urgent application while matter is pending in Magistrates Court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Matter pending in Kwekwe Magistrates Court, same parties involved"}
{"issue_text":"Whether ex-parte eviction orders granted by Magistrates Court are valid","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Orders granted without notice to applicants, Order 22 Rule 1 violated"}
{"issue_text":"Whether applicants should have pursued appeal or review instead of urgent application","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Eviction already executed, urgent relief sought"}
{"issue_text":"Whether applicants were properly evicted through second applicant","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicants occupied through first applicant company, not personally cited"}

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Background

The applicants, a farming company and its director shareholders, were summarily evicted from their farm (Rolling River Ranch) pursuant to two ex-parte orders granted by the Kwekwe Magistrates Court without notice to them. They approached the High Court on urgent basis seeking interim relief and challenging the validity of these eviction orders.

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