This is an urgent chamber application for a spoliation order. The applicant and the first respondent are engaged in a nasty fight over the possession and occupation of subdivision 1 of Charmaine of Dryton situate in the district of Seke in Mashonaland East Province. The second to fifth respondents are community dwellers and leaders in the surrounding areas sympathetic to the first respondent’s cause. More
The applicant seeks an order in the following terms:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. Applicant be and is hereby declared to be lawfully authorised to be in occupation of subdivision 1 of Charmaine of Dryton in Seke District of Mashonaland East Province in terms of the Offer Letter issued by the 4th Respondent in his favour dated 3 January 2005.
2. 1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents be and are hereby ordered to forthwith give vacant occupation of subdivision 1 of Charmaine of Dryton in Seke District of MashonalandEast Province to the Applicant.
3. The Deputy Sheriff and/or his lawful assistants... More
The application before me is of great moment. It relates to current events on challenges to judicial appointments to superior courts of Zimbabwe. It is common cause that there has been and there are currently on going litigations in other pending cases on the issue of the said appointments. This application is therefore of public interest. It is specifically concerned with the appointment of judges of the Supreme Court and Constitutional Court in Zimbabwe. More
This is an appeal from the judgment from the Magistrates Court convicting the appellant of culpable homicide as defined in S 49(a) of the Criminal Law ( Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The sentence imposed was 5 years imprisonment of which I year was suspended on the usual condition of good behaviour. The appellant was also prohibited from driving for 5 years and his drivers licence cancelled. The sentence has also been challenged on appeal. More
