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
It is common cause that during the course of the year 2022, the third respondent undertook a delimitation exercise of the electoral boundaries into which Zimbabwe is to be divided in fulfilment of the provisions of ss 160 and 161 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (“the Constitution”). On 20 February 2023, following the observance of the prescribed constitutional processes, a final delimitation report was gazetted by the fourth respondent. The report was published as Statutory Instrument 14 of 2023. The first and second respondents alleged that the final delimitation report was invalid as it fell short of the requirements of... More
