At the end of hearing argument for both parties, the Court dismissed the application with costs on the legal practitioner and client scale. It was indicated that reasons for the decision would follow in due course. More
The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth. He initially sought a declaratory order confirming his right to a Zimbabwean passport and certain ancillary relief. He also sought an order compelling the second respondent to endorse his South African passport with an unrestricted and indefinite residence permit. More
This is an application lodged in terms of r 32 of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016, for leave to appeal against the whole judgment of the Supreme Court (the court a quo) handed down on 14 January 2022 as Judgment No. S-01-2022. The decision of the court a quo had dismissed the applicant’s appeal against the judgment of the High Court in Case No. HC 2302/20. More
At the conclusion of submissions by counsel, the Court dismissed this application but ordered a trial de novo before a different regional magistrate More
This is an application for relief made in terms of s 85(1)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 (“the Constitution”). The applicant is acting in her own interests although she also invokes the alleged violation of the rights of Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (“MDC-T”), a political party of which she is a member. More
