Judgment No. SC 18/18
Civil Appeal No. 137/16
DISTRIBUTABLE
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(1) SHORAI MAVIS NZARA (2) AAROLA TAKUDZWA TENDAYI
IDEHEN
(3) AMOSOGE RUDO IDEHEN (4) OSARETIN TANAKA
FEMI IDEHEN
vs
(1) CECILIA KASHUMBA N.O. (2) THE REGISTRAR OF DEEDS
(3) MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT (4) TAFIRENYIKA
KAMBARAMI
SUPREME COURT OF ZIMBABWE
BEFORE GARWE JA; GUVAVA JA; UCHENA JA
HARARE: JUNE 2, 2017 & MARCH 12, 2018
T. Mpofu, for the appellants
L. Uriri, for the first respondent
T.L. Mapuranga, for the fourth respondent
UCHENA JA: This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court Harare.
The first appellant, Shorai Nzara, (Shorai) is the mother of the second to fourth
appellants to whom she donated the property that forms the subject of this dispute. The first
respondent Cecilia Kashumba N.O. was the wife of the late Dzingai Kashumba and is the executrix
dative of his estate. Dzingai Kashumba (Dzingai) entered into an agreement of sale with Shorai
Nzara the original owner of the property at the heart of this seventeen-year-old dispute. The second
respondent is the Registrar of Deeds who was cited in his official capacity as the official who
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