After hearing counsel in this matter, we handed down the following order:
“It is ordered that:
1. The application be and is hereby dismissed with costs on a legal practitioner and client scale in favour of both amici curiae.
2. It is apparent from the record of these proceedings that orders were issued by the High Court in Case No. HC 10203/12 and by the Supreme Court in Judgment No. SC1/14 which was confirmed by this Court in Case Number CCZ 8/ 14.
3. It is also apparent that the applicant has disobeyed those orders in clear contravention of s... More
In this application, referred to this court pursuant to the provisions of s 175(4) of the Constitution, the applicant seeks the following order:
1. It is declared that the prosecution of the applicant Jabulani Sibanda in respect of his address to war veterans and others at Herbert Mine, Mutasa District, on 27 October 2014 is unlawful in that it is in violation of ss 60 and 61 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
2. No propagation and expression of one’s ideas and opinions should be subjected to prosecution under s 33(2)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
3. That... More
This is an application brought under s 24(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter “the Constitution”) on the basis that the applicant’s rights enshrined in ss 18(1) and 18(1a) have been contravened. More
This application is brought in terms of s 24(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which provides as follows:
“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, subject to the provisions of... More
