This was an urgent chamber application for a stay of execution. I never got to determine it on the merits. That makes the facts of the dispute largely irrelevant. This judgment is primarily to explain the trajectory of the matter after it was filed. More
The applicant as farmer and the first respondent as miner lock horns over the exercise of their respective rights on the same piece of land. The applicant occupies a piece of land by virtue of land occupation permit issued to him in 2001 at the height of the land reform programme. The first respondent on the other hand is, on the face of it, the holder of certain mining rights over the same piece of land which it acquired by virtue of a contract to that effect with the fourth respondent. The mining claim was initially registered in the name... More
This is an appeal emanating from the Regional Magistrates Court sitting at Masvingo where appellant was convicted of the offence of having sexual intercourse with a young person below the age of sixteen years in contravention of section 70(1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (“the criminal code”). More
On 2 October 2024 we delivered a brief ex tempore judgment dismissing the appeal against the decision of the Magistrate Court sitting at Kwekwe (“the court a quo”) granting the respondent’s application for summary judgment. We now provide written reasons for our decision at the behest of the appellant who made a formal request for the same. More
The Applicant is currently in occupation of an A2 Farm measuring 125 hectares which farm is identified as S/D 43 Mahara Farm, Ward 16, Mvuma [the farm].
The 1st to the 4th Respondents are all cited in their official capacities.
The 1st Respondent is the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. He deals inter alia with issues pertaining to agricultural land. [the Minister]
The 2nd Respondent is the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for the Midlands Province. I presume he is cited because the said farm is situated in the Midlands Province among other... More
