TBIC INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LTD
and
PAUL ESAU HUPENYU CHIDAWANYIKA
versus
SHERIFF FOR ZIMBABWE
and
KENNEDY GODWIN MANGENJE
HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE
TSANGA J
HARARE, 7 June 2018 & 11 July 2018
Urgent Chamber Application
K Kachambwa , for the applicant
E Jera, for the respondent
TSANGA J: The applicants sought a provisional interdict which I dismissed with costs on a higher scale on 7 June. Reasons for so doing have been requested in writing for purposes of appeal.
The interdict sought was to effectively stop a removal and eviction in terms of a writ of ejectment issued out on 29 May 2018.
Background
A portion of land situated in Goromonzi district which was inherited by one Cecil Michael Reimer from his father was awarded to the second respondent, Godwin Mangenje in 2006. This was in terms of an offer letter under the land resettlement programme. Under murky circumstances, a portion of that land had been sold by Cecil Reimer to the applicants in 2009 at a time when it had already been acquired by the state for resettlement. When the