The appellant was convicted and sentenced after a contested trial of rape as defined in s 65 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The appellant was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment of which 2 years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour. The appellant subsequently noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence. The appellant applied for bail pending appeal before the trial court and the application was dismissed hence the present appeal against refusal of bail. More
The applicant approached the court with an application for bail pending trial. The applicant is facing two counts of criminal charges, firstly he is charged with section 45 (1) of the Parks and Wildlife Act, [Cap 20:14] hunt or kill any specifically protected animal and secondly unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon as defined in section 28 (1) (e) of the Criminal Law (codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. It is the state’s contention that the accused together with accomplices entered Matendere ranch, Save valley conservancy, Bikita armed with one AK47 rifle with a charged magazine plus 38 loose live... More
The applicant’s case is that it is a holder of a mining location registered as Tebekwe mine by virtue of a tribute agreement signed in February 2010 between the applicant as the tributor and Ngezi Mining Company Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of SMM Holdings as the grantor. A copy of the tribute agreement is attached in support. There were subsequent renewals of the tribute agreement the last of which was on 24 September 2021 before the applicant then bought the mining location from Ngezi Mining Company Pvt Ltd. A copy of the agreement of sale is attached signed in October... More
The full facts of this matter are set out in the judgment of this court, per MUREMBA J, under case number HH 247-18 commencing at page 7 thereof.
In that matter, an application for rescission of default judgment, the Deed of Trust was not placed before the court. More
This is an appeal against refusal of bail.
The appellant is appearing at the Regional Court in Harare (sitting as a Designated Anti-Corruption Court) charged with the crime of extortion as defined in s 134(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] “The Code”. Also preferred against him is the alternative charge of bribery as defined in s 170 of the Code.
He is jointly charged with one Patrick Badza “Badza”. More
