The applicant, Tendai Biti (“Biti”) is leader of the People’s Democratic Part and Vice – President of the Movement for Democratic Change- Alliance. He filed this application under s 27 of the High Court Act as read with r 62 of the High Court Rules, 2021. He is reviewing the decision of the magistrate who, on 31 August 2018 and sitting at Harare: More
The applicant applies for bail pending appeal. He was convicted on 8 counts of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances as defined in s 131 (1) as read with s 131 (2) of the Criminal Law Codification & Reform Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicant was alleged to have acted with his 3 accomplices and broken into several residences where they stole property between the period 6 October, 2013 to 6 March, 2014. The applicant was sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by count with some counts made to run concurrently and in some counts with portions of imprisonment terms being suspended... More
That the authority of the State vests in the government of the day is, in my view, trite. That such authority is exercised through tiers of government should be common knowledge. Historically, tiers of government consisted, mainly, of the national government and local authorities. (See s 5 of the constitution). However, Zimbabwe, like other modern constitutional democracies, has embraced the new concept of tiers of government in terms of which the constitution requires the government to delegate certain of its traditional functions to commissions, agencies of government and entities wholly owned or controlled by the State (including companies), which, despite... More
On 13 July 2020, the applicant filed an urgent chamber application seeking a provisional order couched as follows:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:
1. That the letter of 9 July 2020 drafted by the 2nd respondent purportedly for and on behalf of the 6th respondent addressed to the applicant be and is hereby declared null and void.
2. Any respondent who opposes this application be ordered to pay costs, the one paying the others to be absolved.
“INTERIM RELIEF GRANTED... More
The applicant was employed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the sixth respondent. The sixth respondent is Net One Cellular (Pvt) Ltd a licensed provider of mobile and related telecommunications services in Zimbabwe. The first to fifth respondent are its directors. More
