This application for contempt of court was made, in terms of r 79 of the High Court Rules, 2021. The respondent is Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and Commissioner General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (N.O.). On 5 July 2021, in an appeal under HC (CA) 354/19 (judgment HH 347-21), MUZOFA J in favour of the applicants was granted as follows:
“Accordingly, the appeal is hereby upheld:
The sentence imposed by the court a quo is set aside and substituted as follows:
1. $2000 in default of payment, 10 months’ imprisonment. The 228 boxes of cigarettes are forfeited to the State.... More
This is an appeal against both conviction and sentence imposed upon the appellant by the Magistrates Court following a charge of aggravated indecent assault as defined in s 66 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform )Act [Chapter 9:23]. Appellant denied the charge in the court a quo. More
After hearing argument in this matter we upheld the appeal and gave an ex tempore judgment. We have been asked to give our reasons. Here they are.
The appellant appeared at Harare, regional magistrate’s court facing 10 counts to which he pleaded not guilty. More
This is an application for a declaratur. Such an application is provided for under s 14 of the High Court Act, [Chapter 7:06]. The background facts giving rise to the application are not in dispute. They can be summarized as hereunder.
The applicant was on 23 August 2019 and by issue of the Letters of Administration appointed the Executor Dative of the deceased estate of the late Mapfumo Kunaka who died at Harare on 3 November 2001. The estate file reference issued by the first respondent is DR 1467/16. The applicant was however removed as executor dative of the said... More
This civil trial matter was heard on 7 March 2025. The first and second defendants raised a point of law that the matter is res judicata in that there is a prior extant court order that settled the issue of ownership of the property in question. It was argued that the trial cannot be held to determine the same issue already determined by this court. It was further argued in the alternative that the matter is moot and the court ought to decline to exercise its jurisdiction over the matter. After hearing oral submissions from the parties’ legal practitioners, the... More
