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
Since December 2012 the applicant and the first respondent have been locked in legal combat over the right to occupy Stand 10648 Tafadzwa Muzvanya Street, Runyararo, Masvingo (“the property”). On 25 June 2018 the applicant filed an urgent chamber application against the first respondent to stop his eviction from the property pending the determination of his application for rescission of judgment that he had just filed some five days before. Despite fierce opposition by the first respondent I granted the application immediately after argument. The first respondent has now asked for my reasons in writing even though I had given... More
This is an urgent chamber application wherein the applicants seek an order in the following terms:
“TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT:
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:
1. That the 1st to 3rdrespondents be and are hereby interdicted from asserting any rights in respect of Gazemba III, Registration no 25685 or any of applicants’’ mining claims unless they produce legal documents from the office of the 4threspondent or unless they are authorised by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
2. That the 1st... More
