On the 30th of January 2022, the applicant was driving his employer’s vehicle registration No. ADS 1099 along Bulawayo – Victoria Falls Road. At the 335 km peg he was involved in a road traffic accident in which the motor vehicle driven by the applicant collided with another motor vehicle as a result of which that other vehicle suffered certain damages. Following the accident, applicant was charged with contravening section 52 (2) of the Road Traffic Act Chapter 13:11 “Negligent Driving.” He appeared before the 1st respondent, pleaded guilty and was convicted in terms of section 271 (2) (b) as... More
MABHIKWA J: The applicant issued summons against the 1st respondent out of the Magistrates’ Court at Kwekwe in case number KK 07/19. The now 1st respondent was the defendant whilst the now 2nd respondent was the trial magistrate in that case. The facts of that matter are not important in this judgment but briefly, they related to an alleged improper use of a hire truck belonging to the applicant. The 1st respondent, who was an employee of the applicant, allegedly misused the truck for hire for personal gain. The applicant demanded the value of the hire fees from him. 1st... More
On the 29 November 2018 plaintiffs sued out a summons against defendant (council) claiming that on payment of the sum of $1 782.00, the defendant complete the designs for roads, water and sewerage at stands 4475 to 4633 Mbizo 18, Kwekwe, that were allocated to the plaintiffs under an agreement with Carslone; that the defendants enters into sale agreements with each plaintiff for the stands as shown in Survey Diagram for the section 18 Extension; and in the alternative that the defendant pays each plaintiff the sum equivalent to the current value of the stands and the defendant refunds the... More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is a bail application pending trial. Applicants are jointly charged with the crime of robbery, as defined in section 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that: - on the 22nd May 2021, 1stapplicant and 3rd applicant phoned the complainant on the pretext that they had 200grams of gold which they intended to sell to the complainant. On meeting complaint, instead of producing the gold, 3rd applicant grabbed him from behind whilst 2nd applicant stabbed him thrice on the back. 1st applicant stood guard while 1st and 3rd applicant attacked... More
This is an appeal against sentence only against the decision of a Magistrate sitting at Beitbridge on 21st July 2017. The appellant was convicted on his own plea of guilty for contravening section 40 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). On the 19th of July 2017 Detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police received information that the applicant was in possession of fake ZIMRA stamps. Upon arrival at the appellant’s house, a search was conducted, leading to the recovery of two ZIMRA Bill of Entry stamps, two ZIMRA Export release stamps, one ZIMRA Private Imports stamp,... More
