This is an appeal against an order of the magistrate dismissing an application by the appellant seeking the eviction of the respondent from House number 8844 Zengeza 3 (also known as 6 Gate Crescent, Zengeza 3, Chitungwiza), which property the appellant had alleged belonged to her late father. The appellant stated in her grounds of appeal that the court a quo had misdirected itself in relying on forged agreements of sale and receipts of payment which had been produced by the respondent and ignored the expert advice of a questioned documentary examiner More
On the 8th August 2001, Plaintiff’s husband Samuel Masiyatsva, died in a shooting incident involving the police and army officers who had been called to deal with industrial action involving employees of a company called Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO). Plaintiff’s husband was one of about 4 000 employees who were involved in the industrial action. More
On 31 March 2017, I granted an order sought by the applicants and gave oral reasons for my disposition. By a letter dated 26 April 2017 the respondents requested for written reasons for judgment. More
The history of this case is checkered. The applicant was arrested on 21 March 2018 and charged with the crime of murder as defined in s47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was indicted for trial in the High court on 27 January 2020. His trial commenced without incident, before Honourable Justice Ndewere. In between his initial appearance in court and the commencement of trial, the applicant had unsuccessfully applied for admission to bail. The trial progressed to the point when the defence closed its case. Sometime in May 2020, the court directed both... More
The application before the court is for bail pending appeal. This application fallows the conviction and sentence of the applicant by the Magistrate Court Bindura. The applicant was convicted of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23].He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment of which 4 years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on usual conditions of good behaviour. The State opposed the application. More
