The bill is being accrued from the US$65 he should pay a
day, from November 25 last year to the day he delivers the car, and the US$3
500 deposit he should reimburse the owner of the car.
The agreement of sale has been cancelled.
If he doesn’t deliver the car by the end of this month, the
bill will accrue by an extra US$1 300.
Tonderai Chipunza of Harare bought the vehicle at a car
delearship in Harare and paid a deposit of US$3 500.
He agreed terms with the dealership and said he would only
come and collect the car registration book once he completed paying for the
vehicle.
However, he did not pay another cent, from the moment he
took the car, and the owners of the vehicle have spent more than a year trying
to have the case settled without success.
“He doesn’t pick up the calls and he has been making a lot
of promises which he has not fulfilled,” said a source.
“It appears like this is the way he operates and gets cars
at what would be bargain prices.
“We don’t know what he did with the car and where it is
because all our efforts to locate it and get this case resolved have not been
fruitful.”
Two years ago, the owners of the car took their case to the
High Court and an order was granted on August 30, 2023.
According to the judgment, the High Court ruled that:
a) The agreement of sale between the plaintiff and
defendant be and is hereby confirmed as cancelled.
b) The defendant be and is hereby ordered to return
forthwith a vehicle owned by the plaintiff being a Mercedes Benz with
registration number AFP9303 to the plaintiff.
c) The Sheriff or his lawful deputy be and are hereby
ordered to take the vehicle mentioned in (b) above into his possession and
deliver same to the plaintiff in the event that the defendant fails to return
the vehicle to the plaintiff within 24 hours from the date of the granting of
this order.
d) The plaintiff shall reimburse the defendant the sum of
US$3 500 payable at the prevailing interbank rate on date of payment which the defendant paid as
deposit for the vehicle upon the delivery of the vehicle by the defendant or
the delivery of the vehicle by the Sheriff as in terms of paragraph (c) above.
e) The defendant shall pay the sum of US$65 per day,
payable at the prevailing interbank rate on date of payment from the 25th of
November 2022 to the date of the return of the vehicle pursuant to paragraphs
(b) or (c) above together with interest at the rate of 5 percent per annum from
the 25th November 2022 to the date of full payment, both dates inclusive. H
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