This was an application for bail pending appeal. The applicant was convicted in 2015 of two counts of rape of an 11 year old girl to whom he was related as an uncle. He received a sentence of 15 years for each count, with five years suspended on the usual conditions, making his effective sentence 25 years. He successfully applied for condonation of late noting of appeal in August 2018. He then applied for bail pending appeal. I denied him bail on the 5th of November 2018 on account that there were no prospects of success on appeal regarding his... More
On 4 November 2022 Plaintiff sued out summons claiming a decree of divorce and ancillary relief. In the declaration, he stated that the parties solemnized their marriage in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17] at Gweru on 16 April 2010. The marriage was blessed with three minor children –
- Thandi Hove born on 2 September 2010;
- Thabo Hove born on 17 November 2012; and
- Busi Hove born on 23 May 2014. More
The plaintiff started off as thedefendants’ girlfriend. They thereafter had a childRosely Mufaro Maswera born on 12 March 2007 graduating her to his small house. The defendant was old enough to be her father. He was 58 and she was 23 when they had their first child. The defendant was a married man and was at the beginning of the affair staying in Umwisdale where the plaintiff was also staying. The defendant said she knew he was a married man as she used to come to his Umwisdale plot to buy vegetables and to grind her maize at his grinding... More
On 16 November 2007, the applicant approached this court on a certificate of urgency and obtained a provisional order compelling the respondent to return to it six fuel pumps and other accessories that it had dismantled and removed on 10 November 2007. The provisional order also restrained the first respondent from removing any further equipment from its business premises pending its confirmation or discharge. More
Most of the facts in this matter are common cause. The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a verbal agreement for the services of galvanization of the plaintiff’s gutters by defendant More
