Applicant in this matter seeks an order of stay of proceedings against him in the General Courts Martial of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in the following terms:
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED:-
Pending determination of this matter the applicant is granted the following relief;
“1. The respondents be and are hereby barred from proceeding with the Court Martial of the applicant on 7 December 2007 or any date thereafter until this matter is finalised on the return date hereon.”
The relief sought in the final order was basically the same as the above save that the applicants sought to attach procedural conditions... More
The applicants are facing a charge of contravening s 20 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] – treason. They have been in custody since May, 2007. Ever since their incarceration they have mounted several unsuccessful applications for bail on changed circumstances. The present is one such application, the last one having been on 8 March, 2010 before MAKARAU JP (as she then was). More
The applicants are seeking the dismissal of the charge for which they were committed for trial on 4 June 2008 on the basis that they were not brought to trial within six months of such committal. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the magistrate’s court wherein it ordered the committal of the appellants for trial before the High Court despite their case having been previously dismissed in terms of s 160 (2) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Cap 9:07]. More
This chamber application was filed on the 12th day after the conviction and sentence of the applicant on a charge of murder in terms of Order 34 r 263 of the High Court Rules 1971. More
