This matter came before me via the chamber book on the basis of perceived urgency. The applicants are desirous of a provisional order whose interim relief is couched in this vein:
“Pending determination of this matter, the first and second applicant is (sic) granted the following relief:-
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That the motor vehicles impounded by the respondent from the second applicant being Isuzu KB 250 double cab, Registration ABG 3091 and Isuzu KB 250 ABI 6481 double cab, be and are hereby ordered to be released to second applicant forthwith or upon service of this Order. More
This is an urgent chamber application for an interdict. The applicant is a tenant at stand number 5120, Stockton Road, Belmont, Bulawayo in terms of a lease agreement held with the first respondent. The lease is expiring on the 31st December 2021.
A dispute has emerged between the applicant and 1st respondent regarding the ownership of a 20 meter by 18 meter steel structure which was erected by the applicant in February 2016. When the applicant notified the first respondent’s representatives of its intention to remove the steel structure at the end of the lease, this was opposed. The first... More
HUNGWE J: The appellants were convicted of bribery after a protracted trial. They were each sentenced to 24 months imprisonment of which 12 months imprisonment was suspended for a period of five years on the usual conditions of good behaviour.
They both appealed against conviction and sentence. They were legally represented at their trial. On appeal only second appellant was legally represented. Their trial lawyers filed the grounds of appeal which addressed various issues they intended to argue on appeal.
First appellant’s grounds of appeal failed to comply with r 22 (1) of the Criminal Appeals Rules applicable to the... More
The applicant applies for condonation of late noting of an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court and for leave to appeal under the following background.
The applicant together with the co-accused at trial was convicted by the senior magistrate, at Harare on 26 March 1012 upon a charge of bribery as defined by s 170(1)(a) of the (Criminal Law Codification and Reform ) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The details of the charge in brief were on 24 January, 2012 the applicant with her accomplice or either of them, being prosecutors in the employ of the Attorney General Office... More
After hearing arguments in this case I dismissed the plaintiff’s case on 21 August 2015. I did indicate then that my reasons would follow. Here they are.
The facts
The following facts are common cause in this matter;
On 15 March 2010 the plaintiff’s husband who was riding a motor cycle was involved in an accident with the Defendant’s motor vehicle along Sherwood Drive, Mabelreign, Harare. The plaintiff’s husband sustained severe injuries as a result of the accident and he died on the same day on admission at the West End Hospital, Harare. More
