The Applicant is Roy Leslie Bennett, a Member of Parliament, who is presently incarcerated at Mutoko Prison, pursuant to his committal to imprisonment by Parliament, for an effective term of 12 months beginning on the 28th of October 2004. More
The applicant is a Member of Parliament for the Chimanimani constituency. He is currently serving a sentence of 15 months imprisonment with labour of which three months were suspended for a period following his being found guilty of contempt of Parliament on 28 October 2004. More
The three accused persons were denied bail in the Magistrates Court
on three counts of stock theft. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 9 years imprisonment. The presiding magistrate denied them bail on the basis that they likely to abscond. He reasoned that the strength of the state case and severity of sentence upon conviction were likely to induce them to abscond. More
The real issue for determination in this matter is whether the applicant and the first respondent concluded a contract for the sale of land.
The facts in this matter are basically common cause. The applicant sought to buy land belonging to the first respondent. The first respondent in turn wanted to increase its revenue base from undeveloped land under its control and ownership. Commencing in 2008, the two parties entered into discussions and negotiations over land in the applicant’s central business district. More
