The accused, a 51 year old female villager of Chikara Village, Chief Nyamukoho, Mudzi was arraigned before the magistrate at Mutoko Court on 17 November, 2015. The accused was charged for contravening s 156 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] which creates the offence of unlawful dealing in dangerous “Drugs”. It was alleged against her that she unlawfully cultivated 9 plants of dagga with an average height of 2 metres for the purpose of dealing in the said dagga. More
The three accused men are serving members of the Zimbabwe National Army. They face charges of murder. They all deny that they were in any way involved in the killing of one Blessward Shenje on 27 August 2015 in Rusape. More
This case is concerned with the proper wording of the sentence of “the passing of sentence”. The two accused persons jointly committed two counts of unlawful entry for which they were properly convicted on their pleas of guilty. They were correctly sentenced on 29 November 2010 to two disparate sentences on account of their different ages. The second accused, a juvenile aged 17 who was attending school, was found to have acted under the bad influence of his 30 year old uncle; the first accused. More
The accused (31) was charged with and convicted of rape as defined in s 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23] for raping his sister-in-law, the wife to his young brother on 13 April 2018 in her bedroom at village one Nyamugomba, Chinhoyi during the night. More
This is an application for summary judgment.
On 6 October 2009, the plaintiff issued summons against the defendants claiming the sum of US$4 568-85 in respect of certain goods allegedly sold and delivered at first defendant’s special instance. In its declaration, the plaintiff alleged that during the period 22 April to 20 May 2009, the plaintiff supplied stationery to the first defendant valued at $9 932-85. On 20 May 2009, the second defendant bound himself as co- principal debtor and surety for the debt due by the first defendant, which at the date of the suretyship, stood at $8 700-00.... More
