This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court handed down on 9 May 2019 which awarded defamation damages to the respondent in the sum of US$16 000,00. More
This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare handed down on 26 March 2018. At the end of the hearing in this matter, we dismissed the appeal with costs and indicated that the reasons would follow. These are they. More
This is an appeal against both conviction and sentence. The appellant and another, who is not a party to this appeal, were charged and convicted of “Unlawful dealing in a dangerous drug” as defined in s 156 (1) (c) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (The Code), by the Regional Magistrates Court (trial court) sitting at Harare on 12 April 2019. They were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment of which 2 years were suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour. In addition, the trial court ordered the forfeiture of 710 kgs of... More
This is an application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the High Court (the court a quo). The applicant was convicted of murder with constructive intent and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. He applied for leave to appeal before the court a quo without success. He now brings the application in terms of s 44 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] as read with r 20 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules 2018. More
