The appellants were arraigned before the Magistrates Court at Harare on the 20th of June 2024 facing a charge of fraud. The charge emanated from the alleged use, by Blackdeck Livestock & Poultry (Pvt) Ltd (Blackdeck), of falsified documents as supporting documents, in a bid to secure a tender to supply 500 000 goats to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development for a Presidential Empowerment Scheme. The allegedly falsified documents, allegedly submitted with the bid for the purposes of meeting the requirements of the tender were, a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Tax Clearance Certificate and a National Social... More
The appellants were convicted and sentenced on a charge of culpable homicide. They were convicted and sentenced by a regional magistrate sitting at Marondera Regional Magistrate’s Court. They appealed against the severity of the sentence of 8 years imprisonment of which 5 years was suspended on conditions of good behaviour.
The facts on which they were charged are as follows. On 30 June 2004, Moses Mubvumbi and John Rego took the deceased from his home to the field where he was first assaulted by the appellants. They suspected him of having broken into and stolen from Sinikiwe’s house. They assaulted... More
The plaintiff and the defendant are husband and wife who were married in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] on 22 November 2005. Two children were born to their marriage and only one is still a minor, namely Selmah Kupakwashe Mushangidze born on 9 May 2012. The parties are agreed that their marriage has irretrievably broken down to the extent that there are no prospects of restoration of the marriage relationship to its normal state. They are agreed too that custody of the minor child should be retained by the respondent with the plaintiff exercising access rights the... More
The plaintiff instituted divorce proceedings against the defendant, whom she married on 3 May 2002 in terms of the Marriages Act [Chapter 37] now [Chapter 5:11]. More
The applicant pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of smuggling 150 boxes of pacific cigarettes from Zimbabwe to South Africa. He was sentenced to undergo 3 years imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the customary conditions of future good behaviour. He was to serve an effective sentence of 2 years imprisonment. More
