Binga Rural District Council v Anna Mbomba

HB 162/22

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Case Details

Court

Bulawayo High Court

Date

23 June 2022

Citation

HB 162/22

Neutral Citation

[2022] ZWHB 162

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

MAKONESE J

Full Bench

MAKONESE J

Areas of Law

Property LawContract Law

Keywords

Agreement of saleRepudiationEvictionS.I 33/2019Zambezi Gas test

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the contractual obligations between parties are covered by S.I 33/2019","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Property transaction existed before February 2019; value was never expressed in US dollars before effective date"}
{"issue_text":"Whether respondent repudiated the contract of sale","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondent insisted on paying US$12,321 at 1:1 rate instead of agreed amount or interbank rate"}
{"issue_text":"Whether applicant is entitled to evict respondent from the property","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondent breached agreement; no longer employee; contract cancelled"}

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Facts of the Case

Background

Binga Rural District Council offered to sell stand 259 Binga to employee Anna Mbomba in 2007. She paid Z$100 million deposit but failed to pay the balance. After her employment terminated in 2017, the parties renegotiated the outstanding balance as US$12,321. Mbomba attempted to pay this amount in Zimbabwean dollars at 1:1 rate relying on S.I 33/2019, which the Council rejected as repudiation and cancelled the sale agreement, then sought her eviction.

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