The applicants approached this court by urgent chamber application filed on 18 June 2018 seeking urgent interim relief in the form of a temporary interdict couched as follows: More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the magistrate’s court sitting at Tredgold Bulawayo, dated 18 September 2019. The court a quo ordered appellants to pay respondent, jointly and severally, the one paying the other to be absolved, the sum of US$ 53 969.85; interest at the prescribed rate calculated from the date of summons to the date of final payment; and costs of suit on a legal practitioner and client scale. Appellant was aggrieved by the judgment and noted an appeal in this court. In the main, the appeal is about whether the court a... More
1. This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicant is charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 3rd November 2022 at around 2300 hours at Msotsha Bar, Nkankezi Business Centre, Filabusi the accused acting in common purpose with an accomplice still at large caused the death of Benito Dube (deceased). It is alleged further that the applicant stabbed the deceased with an Okapi knife, once on the back, once on the left side of the stomach, and... More
The appellant appeared before a Magistrate sitting at Tredgold, Bulawayo facing a charge of contravening section 113 (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). He pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $80, in default of payment 18 days imprisonment. Appellant was not legally represented at the trial. He now appeals both against conviction and sentence. More
This is an application for bail pending trial. The applicant is in custody pending trial for murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. There are three accused persons who are jointly charged with the applicant. The allegations are that on 20 August 2020 at ARDA Balu Estate, Umguza main gate the accused persons who were armed with machetes and axes approached the deceased EnerstDube and Ashely Manyemba security guards on duty. They struck the now deceased with axes and machetes all over the body and he died on the spot. The... More
