This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court, sitting at Harare, handed down on 29 July 2020 as judgment number HH495/20, wherein the court a quo granted a declaratory order to the effect that the appellants were no longer members of the respondent and were thus not entitled to the use of the respondent’s name and properties. More
After perusing documents filed of record and hearing counsel in this matter, it was the unanimous view of the court that the appeal lacked merit. Accordingly, we dismissed the appeal with costs and intimated that our reasons would be available in due course. More
The appellants are nine cooperative societies which have been dishing out residential stands at a piece of land known as Saturday Retreat Estate (the land) for quite some time. The land is held by the first respondent by Deed of Transfer number 4035/86 and was acquired by the Government of Zimbabwe for urban development by Acquisition of Land Order dated 20 March 2014. More
1. This is a criminal appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo) which reversed the appellants’ acquittal by the Regional Magistrate, Harare on one count of forgery as defined in s 137 of the Criminal law (Codification) and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Code) and two counts of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Code. The court a quo, in the process of appeal, overturned the verdicts of acquittal and substituted them with verdicts of guilty on all the 3 counts for all the 4 appellants. Thereafter it remitted the matter to... More
On 13 April 2021, the applicants filed a chamber application for condonation and extension of time to appeal in terms of r 61 as read with r 43 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2018. It is opposed by the first respondent. More
