By Shamiso Mangwengwende, Associate The first part of this article explored the concept of Force Majeure which a party to a contract may invoke in the event that it is unable to perform its contractual obligations due to the occurrence of an unavoidable event. A party may invoke a common law doctrine known as Supervening […]
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 99 OF 2020 By Steve Munyaradzi Chikengezha, Junior Associate. INTRODUCTION After five (5) weeks of being indoors Zimbabweans received what most feel is “good news.” The news was delivered in the form of a speech by the President stating the new strategy on how businesses will function, and movement of people will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Shamiso Mangwengwende, Associate A contract is based on an undertaking that is made by one or more parties to perform certain acts or obligations whose fulfillment will generally result in benefit accruing to the parties concerned. If a party defaults on its obligations, it is considered as breach of contract and the innocent party […]
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 […]
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 […]
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 83 OF 2020. By Steve Munyaradzi Chikengezha, Junior Associate. On 28 March, 2020 the Zimbabwean government gazetted a number of measures that would help facilitate and regulate the work of companies and movement of resources during the emergency lockdown. These latest measures are effective 30 March, 2020. Set out below is the consolidated […]
As we continue to monitor and take precautions due to COVID-19, it has become vital that we temporarily scale down operations at our physical office. Our offices will therefore be closed to visitors starting 30th March 2020 until further notice. This is a precautionary measure taken to minimise risk to both our members of staff […]
(3) A liquidator of an insolvent estate who fails to submit to the Master an account or to pay over a sum of money within thirty (30) days from the date on which he or she became obliged to submit such account or pay over such sum of money, or fails to comply with the […]
