The first respondent identified itself as a membership based organisation acting on behalf of all people conducting business in the informal. All persons conducting business in the informal sector are its members. The second applicant is a natural person who is a citizen of Zimbabwe. The respondent is the Minister of Health and Child Care. More
This is an appeal from the magistrate’s court. It is against an order of summary judgment granted in favour of the respondent against the appellant. At the end of the hearing we dismissed the appeal with costs for lack of merit and delivered our judgment ex tempore. The appellant has appealed to the Supreme Court. Written reasons are now required. More
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is the supreme law of the land. It is trite that this document is binding on all Zimbabwean citizens, and that, any conduct or action which is inconsistent with it is invalid to the extent of the inconsistency. See s 2 Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment number 20 Act of 2013.1 More
For what it is, this judgment is meant to be short. This matter was set down on the unopposed roll on 7 November 2023 for provisional sentence. After hearing counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant, I gave my reasons extempore and granted the following order which was in terms of the draft by the plaintiff: More
