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The applicant, Metron Chongani Makamba, an apparently brazen and incorrigible offender was convicted by the court of a regional magistrate at Masvingo in 2015 on numerous counts of robbery committed in aggravating circumstances as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The charges against the applicant were on three separate criminal record book numbers. The first was MSVR 250/15 on which the applicant was the sole accused facing two counts of robbery. The second was MSVR 252-3 where the applicant was jointly charged with one Energy Knowledge Jonasi with six counts of robbery.... More

This is an urgent chamber application wherein the applicant seeks an interim order compelling the first respondent grant a compensation offer letter containing the amount to be paid to the applicant’ lawyers i.e. Hove Legal Practice to the Applicant, an interim order barring the first respondents from carrying out, without applicant’s consent, any road construction works and interfering with the applicant’s rights of use, occupation and possession of any portion of the applicant’s immovable property situate in the District of Salisbury, measuring 3 860 Hectares called SUBDIVISION A OF MARSHLANDS OF DELFT OF HOPLEY (the property). On the return day,... More

The applicants approached this court through the urgent chamber book seeking an order in the following terms: TERMS OF FINAL ORDER SOUGHT 1. That the warrant of execution issued by the Rusape Magistrates Curt under case number 57/14 be and is hereby suspended and rendered wholly ineffective pending the final and definitive determination of the High Court application proceeding instituted. 2. That the first respondent shall pay costs on a legal practitioner client scale. More

The applicant seeks the grant of a draft order in these terms: “IT IS ORDERED THAT: 1. The respondent be and is hereby ordered to vacate certain piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury called stand 174 Merwede Township of Lot 1 of Subdivision D of Merwede of Glaudina of Subdivision A of Gillinghan, Commonly known as Exor Service Station, Snake Park. 2. The respondent to pay costs of suit.” More

This application is in terms of section 85 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Act (No.20), 2013 whereby the applicant seeks a declaratory order to the effect that the Petroleum (Mandatory Blending of Anhydrous Ethanol with Unleaded Petrol) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013 (No.1) otherwise referred to as Statutory Instrument 147A of 2013 is constitutionally invalid in that it violates his right to property as enshrined in s 71 (2) as read with s 71 (3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. It is an application between the applicant and the 1st Respondent, being the Minister responsible for the administration of the... More