The appellants and two others appeared before the magistrates court and were jointly charged with fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (“the Code”). The latter (Faroza and Chiguware) were discharged at the close of the State’s case. The appellants were acquitted of fraud but convicted on the permissible verdict of theft as defined in s 113 of the Code.
The first appellant was sentenced to 48 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour. A further 18 months imprisonment... More
The plaintiff is resident in the United Kingdom. Sometime in 2003, he telephoned one Simbarashe Sagonda and Thomas Makwangudze, relatives of his, to proceed to view a property that was being offered for sale through the agency of the second defendant. The property, whose description and location in Ruwa was known to the second defendant’s property negotiator, “Nyasha”, is owned by the first defendant who holds freehold title to the land. More
The applicant has made numerous applications in pursuit of bail pending appeal. The record shows he filed an application for bail pending the determination of an application for leave to appeal out of time which was pending under case number CON 319/19. That application was filed on 7 November 2019. The applicant filed a supplementary bail statement on 9 December 2019. The application was removed from roll by NDEWERE J on 14 November 2019. The reason for the removal of the application from the roll was that the applicant was required to first obtain leave to appeal out of time... More
On the 9th of August I granted the applicants an interim order in the following terms:
“That pending the determination of the main matter being the case of CBZ Bank Limited v Hothfield Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd and Ors HC 12629/16, the applicants are granted the following relief: More
This is an urgent application in which the applicant seeks a provisional order in the following terms:
“TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:
1. That pending the determination of an appeal in SC 697/18 the 1st, 2nd, 7th and 8th respondents or their agents or anyone taking instruction from them be and are hereby interdicted from initiating or proceeding with the process of executing the court order in HC 5328/17 including the transfer of rights and title to anyone in... More
