MABHIKWA J: For good reason, I will endeavor to outline the brief history of this matter, it is as follows;
On 9 January 2017 at around 0730 hours and at the intersection of Fife Street and Leopold Takawira Avenue in Bulawayo, one Sitshengisiwe Guveya was driving a Mazda Bongo, registration number 4646. She was arrested by the police. More
The applicants are facing charges of armed robbery as defined in section 126 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). The state alleges that on 11 December 2018 the applicants acting in connivance with eight other persons who are still at large acquired two vehicles which included a Toyota Hilux truck and a Toyota Fan Cargo, registration number ADL 1349 which was being driven by the 5th applicant. The applicants armed themselves with 3 rifles and pistols. The applicants proceeded to Mimosa turn off, along the Zvishavane – Bulawayo highway. The applicants arrived at Camlark Investments where... More
This is an application for bail pending trial. After the matter was argued I handed down an ex tempore judgment and dismissed the application.
The parties have not requested for written reasons but I decided to avail them nonetheless.
The applicant is 20 years old. He was staying with his father at the relevant time. The deceased was also residing at the same residence as a ‘caretaker’, looking after her cousin’s house. The applicant’s father was a gardener at that house.
On 11th June 2020 the applicant was arrested in Harare on allegations that he had murdered the deceased. It... More
MAKONESE J: This matter was placed before me as an Urgent Chamber Application. The application was filed on the 3rd of March 2021.
On the 5th of March 2021 the parties appeared before me in chambers. The matter was argued briefly. It was resolved that it was prudent for the 2nd respondent (Provincial Mining Director Midlands) to investigate the circumstances surrounding the mining dispute and thereafter file a comprehensive report on the matter to guide the court in coming up with a correct decision on the matter. More
On 12th September 2018 the plaintiff issued summons against the defendants in which he claimed the following:-
“(a) An order that the will declared deemed (sic) to have been attested to by the late Anna Musakanda on 31 December 2013 be and is hereby declared null and void on the basis that it was not her intention that her property be distributed as they have been indicated (sic) in that will after her death.
b) An order that the plaintiff be declared the rightful beneficiary of a piece of land known as Lancashire 434 in the district of Charter held... More
