This is a chamber application for an order of leave for direct access to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) in terms of s 167(5) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 (“the Constitution”), as read with r 21(2) of the Constitutional Court Rules S.I. 61/2016 (“the Rules”). More
This is a chamber application for leave for direct access to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) in terms of r 21 of the Constitutional Court Rules SI 61/2016 (“the Rules”). The applicant intends to file the main application with the Court should leave for direct access be granted. More
This is an application in terms of s 85(1)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) 2013 (“the Constitution”) alleging that the applicant’s fundamental right to administrative conduct that is lawful, prompt, efficient, reasonable, proportionate, impartial and both substantively and procedurally fair enshrined in s 68(1) of the Constitution has been infringed. The cause of the alleged infringement is the decision by the first respondent to withdraw an offer letter given to the applicant to occupy a piece of agricultural land without giving her an opportunity to be heard on the proposed withdrawal of the offer letter. More
This is a chamber application in terms of r 20 of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016 (“the Rules”) for an order for reinstatement of a matter deemed to have been abandoned and dismissed by the Registrar of the Constitutional Court (“the Registrar”). The matter had come to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) by way of a referral in terms of s 175(4) of the Constitution. More
We summarise the facts giving rise to this application from the two applications that were filed in the High Court under case numbers HC 2128/21 and HC 2166/21, respectively. The facts are not complex.
The facts of this application coalesce, and relevantly so, around 15 May 2021 when the Chief Justice, Judge Malaba, reached the age of seventy. A few days before that date, on 7 May 2021 to be precise, the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Act (No. 2 of 2021) came into force. Among other provisions, it amended s 186 of the Constitution to provide for the... More
