Phillips Law

BREAKDOWN OF THE DEFERRED RENT REGULATIONS – SI 96 OF 2020

April 30, 2020 No Comments

By Shamiso Mangwengwende, Associate The regulations apply to residential premises only and give details of the temporary relief that tenants and mortgagors (those that owe money under a mortgage) have in respect of rent and mortgage payments respectively. Rent and mortgage payments accrued during the lockdown period have been deferred and can be repaid in […]

Government Stance on Rentals

April 29, 2020 No Comments

Cabinet has resolved that there be a moratorium on both commercial and residential evictions due to applicable lease obligations due from April to end of #LockdownZim, including payment of rentals for those months. N.B: it is not law yet and cabinet’s resolution is being considered by the President and we have to wait for an SI […]

REINTRODUCTION OF USE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY IN ZIMBABWE

April 7, 2020 No Comments

By Shamiso Mangwengwende, Associate Foreign currencies have once again become legal tender in Zimbabwe. A few days ago the government gazetted Statutory Instrument 85 of 2020 called the Exchange Control (Exclusive Use of Zimbabwe Dollar for Domestic Transactions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (No. 2). The Statutory Instrument legalised the use of foreign currency for domestic transactions […]

Estate Planning

April 1, 2020 No Comments

By Ayanda Kalume, Administrator It is important to know that we are ALL going to die, and that death is inevitable. Talking and preparing for life after death is not a pre-cursor for wishing upon death. One should be able to sit down and discuss with their family about death and Estate Planning. They need […]