The applicant approached this court for a declaratur in terms of s 68 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe as read with s 3(1) of the Administrative Justice Act and r 59(1) of the High Court Rules, 2021. The relief sought is set out in the draft order as follows:
“IT IS DECLARED THAT:
1. Statutory Instrument 10 of 2022 does not apply to a returning immigrant who had purchased his/her vehicle for import on or before the 16th of January 2022, who has been, or is subsequently granted returning resident status.
2. The Applicant is entitled to the immigration... More
This is an application for a review of criminal proceedings which are pending before the first respondent, in the Regional Court, Eastern Division, Harare. What has necessitated the application whilst the criminal proceedings are still pending is an interlocutory application that was made by the applicant for referral of the proceedings to the Constitutional Court. More
The applicants are members of Citizens Coalition for Change (“CCC”) - a political party which plays opposition politics in Zimbabwe. All ten of them and nine others who are not part of this application were elected into Parliament on the CCC party ticket on 1 April 2022. The colour YELLOW is, in a large measure, associated with the dress code of members of CCC. They wear yellow shirts, dresses and other forms of dress during meetings, rallies or other gatherings of the party. Yellow, judicial notice is taken, would appear to be the members’ uniform, so to speak. More
The brief background giving rise to these applications are as follows, on 10 December 2020, first, second and third Respondents instituted summons for defamation against Applicant under case number HC 7528/20. Applicant then raised an exception and a special plea in bar in those proceedings, which Justice Manzunzu dismissed. Aggrieved by the dismissal, applicant made an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court which application was dismissed by MANZUNZU J in default. Applicant then approached the Supreme Court under SC 143/23 which application was later withdrawn. Applicant then made another application under SC 274/23 which was struck off... More
The background facts to this application are as follows. The applicant is the Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change, a political party with representation in the country’s legislature and the executive arm of government. The first respondent is the magistrates who heard the appeal lodged by the applicant against the decision of the second respondent. The second respondent is a police officer. He is the Officer Commanding Harare Central District and, for the purposes s 26 of the Public Order and Security Act [Cap 11:17], he is in that capacity, the Regulating Authority of Harare Central District. More
