In the general election held in the country on 30 July 2018, the applicant was one of five candidates that contested for a Parliamentary seat in the House of Assembly in the constituency known as Mutasa North, Manicaland Province. The other four were respondents 2, 3, 4 and 5. The first respondent is the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (“ZEC”), an independent commission established by s 238 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and tasked with several functions including the holding of elections in the country. More
The appellants appeared before a Magistrate sitting at Chipinge facing a charge of contravening section 82 of the Parks and Wildlife General Regulations Statutory Instrument 362 of 1990 as read with section 128(1)(b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14]. The appellants were sentenced to the mandatory 9 year imprisonment term each. They now appeal against both conviction and sentence. More
This is an application for the condonation of the late filing of Heads of Argument by the Respondent in the main appeal hereinafter referred to as the (“employee”) in an appeal by the Appellant in the appeal and the Respondent in the instant application (hereinafter) referred to as the (“employer”). More
At one stage the applicant, a local citizen, faced allied charges in both Zimbabwe and Botswana relating to the unlawful hunting, killing and possession of rhinoceros horns, in contravention of kindred statutes that deal with the protection and preservation of wild life in the two countries. The charges arose out of the applicant’s alleged conduct, in league with other persons, both in this country and in Botswana, and at different times More
