At the conclusion of hearing the appeal we unanimously agreed to have the conviction set aside and the sentence quashed. The following are the reasons that informed the upholding of the appeal. More
It is common cause that the applicants are members of the CCC which is a political party. It is the party that nominated them to fill 10 proportional representation seats in the Bulawayo Provincial Council. They were nominated to be on CCC’s Party List. Their complaint is against the 1st respondent’s alleged refusal to allow them to file their nomination papers on the basis that he claimed they were out of time. The Respondents have argued that the applicants do not have locus standi to bring this application to Court. It is their political party that has such rights. The... More
The appellant pleaded guilty and was convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment by the provincial magistrate sitting at Harare on 14 July, 2020 on three charges of assault as defined in s 89 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] and two charges of kidnapping as defined in s 93 (1) (a) of the same enactment.
The appellant was dissatisfied with the convictions and sentences imposed. He noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence on 21 July, 2020. At the hearing of this appeal, the appellant’s counsel abandoned the appeal against conviction but... More
This matter has had an unusually long and tortuous history dating back to January 2003. It has eventually come to trial on the following agreed issues: (i) whether the plaintiff bought Stand No. 6357, Glen View, Harare, from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants’ late father; (ii) whether the 1st defendant was a bona fide purchaser of the property; (iii) whether the 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants were entitled to cede the property to the 1st defendant; and (iv) whether or not the cession should be reversed and title be passed to the plaintiff. Related to these issues is the... More
