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
The chamber application was made ostensibly in “terms of rules 32(2) and 12 of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016” (“the Rules”). The applicant sought an order for leave to appeal from the ruling of a magistrate denying him a referral to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) of four questions for determination. Rule 32(2) of the Rules provides that “a litigant who is aggrieved by the decision of a subordinate court on a constitutional matter can apply to the Constitutional Court for leave to appeal against such decision”. More
This is a chamber application for leave to appeal, condonation for late filing of the application for leave to appeal, and exemption from security for the respondents’ costs. More
This is a chamber application for an order for condonation of late filing of an application for leave to appeal made in terms of r 35(1) of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016 (“the Rules”). More
This is an application brought in terms of s 167 (2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, 2013 (“the Constitution”). The applicant seeks a declarator that the President failed to fulfil a constitutional obligation within the contemplation of the Constitution when he removed the applicant from the office of Judge of the High Court on 17 June 2021. The removal was pursuant to what the applicant considers was an invalid and unlawful recommendation by a tribunal appointed by the President to look into the question of her removal from office. The applicant further seeks, as consequential relief, an order setting aside... More
