The Death of a Trust: How Trusts Actually End in Zimbabwe (Because Contrary to Popular Belief, Trusts Are Not Immortal Beings) By David K Chikumba Trusts are fascinating legal creatures. People create them to: And to be fair, trusts are extremely useful. But one important legal question is often ignored: “How does a trust actually […]
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Divorce & Property Sharing: Does a Deed of Trust Actually Help? There is usually a particular moment during difficult marriages when one spouse suddenly develops a deep spiritual interest in “asset protection.” That is often the exact moment phrases like: “Put the house in a trust,”“Register it in my mother’s name,” or“Technically it’s not mine,”begin […]
THE BENCH CHANGES HANDS… AGAIN. ⚖️👩🏾⚖️ After years at the helm, Luke Malaba exits the stage robe folded, judgments archived, and WhatsApp legal analysts suddenly pretending they have always understood constitutional law. Enter the new Chief Justice, Elizabeth Gwaunza. Zimbabweans are now doing what Zimbabweans do best:forming legal opinions without reading a single judgment. One […]
What Happens After You Sign an Agreement of Sale? Or, Why Buying Property in Zimbabwe Is Not Quite Like Ordering Takeaways There is a magical moment in every property transaction. Pens come out.Pages are signed.Photographs are taken.The buyer smiles.The seller smiles.The estate agent smiles the hardest. And somewhere in the background, a conveyancer quietly opens […]
Buying Property in Zimbabwe: 10 Mistakes That Delay Transfers Or, How a “Quick Deal” Sometimes Turns Into a Three-Season Documentary There are few things capable of producing emotional highs and lows in Zimbabwe quite like buying property. One moment you are standing on an empty stand confidently declaring: “This is where the double-storey mansion will […]
The Role of a Conveyancer: More Than Just Paperwork There is a popular belief in Zimbabwe that a conveyancer is simply a person who “stamps papers,” disappears into an office for three weeks, resurfaces with a title deed, and sends an invoice powerful enough to trigger immediate prayer and fasting. Respectfully… that is not entirely […]
Diaspora Property Purchases in Zimbabwe: A Legal Guide Or, How to Buy Property Back Home Without Developing High Blood Pressure For many Zimbabweans in the diaspora, buying property back home begins as a beautiful dream. It starts innocently enough. You are sitting in Birmingham, Johannesburg, Perth, Toronto, Dallas, or somewhere in the United Kingdom where […]
“Your title deed may soon need an update… and no, this is not a scam message from your cousin who suddenly became a property consultant overnight.” 😄 Zimbabwe’s property sector is entering a completely new phase. Over the past few months, there has been growing discussion around SI 76 of 2025 and the move toward […]
INTRODUCTION Corporate rescue is a debtor friendly administration of financially distressed companies with a hope of resuscitating them from the solvency struggle, as provided for under the Insolvency Act [Chapter 6:07]. Introduced through the 2018 Insolvency Act, this process replaced the former system of judicial management and has become an essential element of Zimbabwe’s commercial […]
When it comes to tax administration in Zimbabwe, one principle stands out as both controversial and indispensable: the “pay now, argue later” rule. Found in section 36 of the Value Added Tax Act [Chapter 23:12] and section 69 of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06], this rule has far-reaching consequences for both taxpayers and the […]