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Harare High Court

Hungwe Mining Syndicate & 17 Others v The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development & 4 Others

HH 565-25

Case Details

Court
Harare High Court
Date
24 September 2025
Citation
HH 565-25
Neutral Citation
[2025] ZWHH 565
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Urgent Application

Bench

Presiding
Manyangadze J
Full Bench
Manyangadze J
Areas of Law
Mining LawCivil ProcedureAdministrative Law
Keywords
Mining syndicatesLegal personaCitation irregularityInterdictEviction
Tags
Mining disputeInterdict applicationProcedural irregularity
legislation
Statutes Cited
  • State Liabilities Act
  • Mines and Minerals Act
ai analysis
Case Summary

Key Issues

  • {"issue_text":"Whether the application is fatally defective for citing a non-existent party (Ministry instead of Minister)","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Ministry cited instead of Minister; State Liabilities Act section 3"}
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Facts of the Case

Background

A group of 18 mining syndicates and companies sought an urgent interdict against the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and other respondents to prevent alleged illegal evictions and destruction of mining equipment at Lease 35 Jumbo, Mazowe. The fifth respondent raised six points in limine, including that the applicants had cited a non-existent party by naming the Ministry instead of the Minister.
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