The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) says the courts have dismissed with costs an application that sought to block changes to its leadership following the association’s Annual General Meeting held on October 22, 2025.
In a press statement issued on December 17, 2025, ZIMURA said the application was thrown out in its entirety after the court found the case to be fundamentally defective.
The applicants, Phillip Chipfumbu and Munyaradzi Muchetu, had approached the court seeking a temporary stop-order to prevent the registration of resolutions and changes to the directorship after the AGM.
However, the court ruled that the applicants failed to identify any main matter or pending legal action to justify the interim relief they were seeking, stating that it could not grant an order “in the interim of nothing”.
The court also noted that the administrative actions the applicants wanted restrained had already been completed, making the application unsustainable.
According to ZIMURA, the court further disregarded the applicants’ answering affidavits after the law firm said to be representing them denied having instructions to act on their behalf.
ZIMURA said the judgment confirmed that the association is governed by a legally recognised and validly elected Board, adding that the application was dismissed with the applicants ordered to pay the legal costs incurred.
The statement was issued by order of the Board of Directors of the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA)
