On 23 July, 2015, the applicants filed a notice of appeal to the Constitutional Court against a judgment of the Supreme Court dismissing their appeal. This is an application for the appeal to be set down for hearing on an urgent basis. More
DOUGLAS MUZANENHAMO
v
(1) OFFICER IN CHARGE CID LAW AND ORDER
(2) OFFICER COMMANDING HARARE CENTRAL DISTRICT
(3) COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE
(4) CO-MINISTERS OF HOME AFFAIRS
(5) OFFICER IN CHARGE HARARE CENTRAL PRISON
(6) COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF PRISONS
(7) MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
(8) ATTORNEY - GENERAL
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JA,
GARWE JA, GOWORA JA, PATEL JA, HLATSHWAYO JA,
CHIWESHE AJA & GUVAVA AJA
HARARE, MAY 24 & NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Z.T. Chadambuka & D. Chimbwe & M.T. Zhuwarara, for the applicant
T. Dodo & C. Chimombe, for the respondent
PATEL... More
The magistrate referred for determination in terms of s 24(2) of the former Constitution (“the Constitution”), the question whether s 33(2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap. 9:23] (“the Criminal Law Code”) violated the fundamental right to freedom of expression entrenched by s 20(1) of the Constitution. More
This application is made in terms of s 24(1) of the former Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”), which provided:
“24 Enforcement of protective provisions
(1) If any person alleges that the Declaration of Rights has been, is being or is likely to be contravened in relation to him (or, in the case of a person who is detained, if any other person alleges such a contravention in relation to the detained person), then, without prejudice to any other action with respect to the same matter which is lawfully available, that person (or that other person) may,... More
The applicants appeared before a Magistrate at Nyanga on 18 February 2011 facing charges of public violence as defined in Section 36 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicants were legally represented. At the hearing the applicants raised a number of complaints regarding the manner of their arrest. The matter was thereafter postponed on a number of occasions to enable the Court to deal with the various issues raised. On a date that is unclear on the record but in May 2011, the applicants, without giving notice to the prosecution, applied to the magistrate for... More
