Farainesu Mutamba and Francis Garirai and Edson Mudningi and Sauro Muvinji and Elijah Gonye and Phestas July Manyawi and Nyembesi Sadomba and Zeber Masuku and Martha Mafukame and Ignition Mutubuki and Phillip Tagwirei and Tichivangani Mukaka v The Zimbabwe Cane Farmers Association

HH 685-18

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Case Details

Court

Harare High Court

Date

24 October 2018

Citation

HH 685-18

Neutral Citation

[2018] ZWHH 685

Outcome

unknown

Case Type

Application

Bench

Presiding

CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J

Full Bench

CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J

Areas of Law

Voluntary associationsMembership disputesDeclaratory relief

Keywords

resignation by conductuniversitasmembership termination

Tags

voluntary associationmembership rightsdeclaratur

legislation

Statutes Cited

Criminal Code, RSC 1985, c. C-46, ss. 9, 24(2), 276, 276.1-276.5, 486, 486.1-486.6, 648, 715.1, 718, 718.1, 718.2, 718.3, 722, 722.1, 722.2, 730-734, 742.1, 742.3, 742.6, 743, 743.1, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 937, 938, 939, 940, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979, 980, 981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11, ss. 7, 8, 9, 10(a), 10(b), 11(a), 11(b), 11(c), 11(d), 11(e), 11(f), 11(g), 11(h), 11(i), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100
Evidence Act, RSC 1985, c. C-5, ss. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Canada Evidence Act, RSC 1985, c. C-5, ss. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
Constitution Act, 1867 (UK), 30 & 31 Vict, c. 3, reprinted in RSC 1985, App. II, No. 5, ss. 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150

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Case Summary

Key Issues

{"issue_text":"Whether the applicants ceased to be members of the respondent by resignation through conduct","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Non-payment of levies, formation of parallel executive, disruption of meetings, instruction to millers"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the court should grant a declaratory order confirming applicants' membership","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Applicants paid arrears, sought information, claimed continued membership"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the 3rd to 12th applicants were improperly before the court due to affidavit timing","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Affidavits sworn before 1st applicant's affidavit"}

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Background

Twelve applicants, members of the Zimbabwe Cane Farmers Association, sought a declaratory order confirming their membership after the Association rejected their payments and claimed they had resigned by conduct. The applicants had failed to pay levies between 2015-2017, then attempted to pay arrears, but engaged in conduct including forming a parallel executive structure and disrupting meetings.

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