The seven applicants approached the court on/with an application for bail pending trial. The applicants are facing one count of public violence as defined in s 36 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] and one count of murder as defined in s 47 of the same Act. It is alleged that on 26 May 2012 the applicants who are Zanu PF supporters acting with common purposes teamed up with other five Zanu PF supporters and being armed with logs and stones went and attacked MDC T party supporters who were attending a police sanctioned rally... More
The brief background to the application is given below. The applicant (judgment debtor) lost an appeal in the Supreme Court against a judgment of the High Court as a result of which the Supreme Court ordered inter alia that;
“the plaintiff (1st respondent in casu)’s claim for eviction of the respondent and all those claiming occupation through him from number 12 Le Roux Drive, Hillside, Harare is granted. It is worth highlighting that by judgment of the Supreme Court aforesaid the applicant in casu had to be ejected from number 12 Le Roux Drive, Hillside, aforesaid”.
Pursuant to the order... More
For purposes of this judgment, the parties shall be referred to as the applicants and respondents as cited in HC694/20, HC1689/20 and HC10007/19. I have made the decision to write an omnibus judgment in all four matters More
