The accused was on his own plea of guilty convicted of cultivating 52 plants of dagga in contravention of s 156 (1)(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23], (the Act). He was sentenced to 84 months imprisonment of which 24 months were suspended for 5 years on condition that he does not within that period commit any offence involving cultivation, possession or selling of dagga. The dagga was forfeited to the State. More
The four accused pleaded not guilty to the murder of their own father.
The events leading to the charge of murder can be set out as follows.
There were trials and tribulations in the Chigayi family. That family in issue being the nuclear family headed by the now late Sam Chigayi. More
: In S v Tevedzayi TSANGA J painted a graphic picture of the amount of violence going on against women in a lot of homes when she said:
“An increasing number of cases brought before the courts reveal that far too frequently the bedroom has become a deadly environment for women as a result of men’s violent outbursts in the resolution of disputes. Women have been clobbered, booted, strangled, stabbed, or slashed to death by their spouse in the confines of the bedroom, all the while by men who would have the courts believe that but for their wife’s sluttish... More
The accused faces a charge of murder, in contravention of s47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (hereinafter called “Code”), it being alleged that he caused the death of Sydney Zuruvi (hereinafter called “the deceased”), by stabbing him with a kitchen knife all over his body thereby inflicting mortal wounds. More
When I got seized with this matter for review, I conferred with my brother Judge and with his concurrence I instructed my then clerk to arrange for the immediate release of the accused. The following are the reasons which informed my decision. More
