On 3 May 2021, the appellants noted an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) dated 14 April 2021, in which the court a quo granted a declaratory order and consequential relief in favour of the first respondent (Warurama). The court a quo declared the directive issued by the second respondent (the Minister) to the first appellant (the municipality) to reverse the purported appointment of Warurama as its financial director to be null and void and of no legal effect. It consequently set aside the directive and confirmed Warurama as the financial director in... More
The appellants appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo), which was handed down on 30 December 2021. The court a quo ordered the ejectment of the appellants from a piece of land known as Subdivision 1 of Binder in the Goromonzi District of Mashonaland East Province measuring 232.8 ha in respect of which the respondent claimed a right of occupation. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (court a quo) sitting at Bulawayo, which was handed down on 3 November 2023. The court a quo found the appellants guilty of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (Criminal Law Code) and sentenced each of them to 15 years imprisonment. More
On 9 February 2018, the applicants filed an urgent Chamber Application for an order staying “proceedings” pending the hearing of an appeal in this Court under case number 847/2017. The first applicant is a self-actor who also purports to act on behalf of the second applicant. In the absence of a power of attorney authorising her to do so, the first applicant cannot lawfully represent the second applicant without violating ss 10 and 12 of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27.07]. More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court Harare.
The first appellant, Shorai Nzara, (Shorai) is the mother of the second to fourth appellants to whom she donated the property that forms the subject of this dispute. The first respondent Cecilia Kashumba N.O. was the wife of the late Dzingai Kashumba and is the executrix dative of his estate. Dzingai Kashumba (Dzingai) entered into an agreement of sale with Shorai Nzara the original owner of the property at the heart of this seventeen-year-old dispute. The second respondent is the Registrar of Deeds who was cited... More
