The Applicant, Mr. David Jasi Hwehwe, approached this Court by way of an urgent chamber application seeking an interdict against the 1st to the 6th Respondents, effectively barring them from continuing any mining activities on, and requiring them to vacate, certain mining claims known as Roly 11, Roly 12, Roly 13, and Roly 14 located in Shurugwi, Midlands Province. The 7th Respondent is cited in its official capacity as the Provincial Mining Director – Midlands Province, and the 8th Respondent is cited as the Officer in Charge, ZRP Shurugwi Central Minerals, Flora, and Fauna Unit (N.O.).
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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
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