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On 22 November 2022 plaintiff issued out summons claiming the following, “ An order declaring the marriage Certificate No,113/1992 between the late Flaviano Vitalis Mahangate and the 1st Defendant solemnized on 22nd of July 1992 null and void as it was solemnized through fraud in that the late Flaviano Vitalis Mahangate and 1st Defendant misrepresented to the 2nd Defendant to the effect that the late Flaviano Vitalis Mahangate was 33 years old when in fact he was 37 years on the date of marriage and that the late Flaviano Vitalis Mahangate was a bachelor when in fact the late Flaviano... More

The applicant is facing a charge of public violence as defined in s 36(1) (a) of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations as depicted in the Form 242 are that on 14 June 2022, the applicant in the company of accomplices, some of whom were arrested and are now on remand and others who are still at large, conspired to avenge the murder of one Moreblessing Ali. They resultantly engaged in acts of public violence in Nyatsime area in Beatrice. They burned down the house of ZANU PF Chairperson for Nyatsime area, one George Murambatsvina. More

Applicants filed this application as an urgent application seeking a provisional order worded as follows: “Terms of the final order sought That the First Respondent, should show cause to this Honourable Court why if any a final order in the following terms should not be made. 1. That the First Respondent his agents workers or any person acting on his behalf or with his authority, be and is hereby permanently interdicted and restrained from allowing livestock to roam and or graze and or enter Plot 4 Helensvale Estate as appears on the new Sub-division lay out or any other property... More

The plaintiff and the defendant were married in Harare on 25 April 1998. Their marriage was solemnized in terms of the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11], then Chapter 37. Prior to that, the parties were in a customary union the rituals of which were performed in or about October 1997. The parties have one minor child, a son, Tanatswa, born in April 1998. More

This is an application for bail pending trial. The trial involving the applicant and his co-accused persons commenced but was postponed owing to the insufficiency of the time allocated. The applicant made an application for admission to bail after the postponement of the trial. The application was dismissed on the basis that notwithstanding the fact that some of his co-accused had been admitted to bail the evidence led sufficiently linked the applicant to the offence in that he was identified by the witnesses who testified as one of the persons who assaulted the deceased person. In view of the seriousness... More