(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