DUBE-BANDA J:This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrate’s Court, sitting atFilabusiCourt. The appellant was charged in the court a quo together with three other persons, namely, Praymore Ncube; Christian Makoni; and Zibusiso Nkala (to whom I shall refer as Accused No 1, Accused No 2, and Accused No 3, respectively), with the crime of stock theft as defined in section 114(2)(a) (ii) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act, Chapter 9;23. The appellant and his co-accused pleaded not guilty but were convicted as charged and each sentenced to a term of 9 years imprisonment.He appeals... More
1. This is an application for leave to file an additional affidavit in HC 345/20 (main application). The applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms:
i. The applicant be and is hereby granted leave to file a supplementary affidavit under case number HC 345/20.
ii. The applicant shall file such an affidavit within 5 days of the date of this order.
iii. There is no order as to costs. More
In this matter the Plaintiff issued summons claiming:-
a) $50 000-00 being damages for the unlawful suspension of the marketing licence agreement.
b) $1 350-00 being the reimbursement of the value of plaintiff’s licences used without plaintiff’s consent and authority.
c) $64 350-00 being 5% gross turn-over for the unauthorized use of the plaintiff’s licences.
d) $25 000-00 being refund of plaintiff’s capital injected into the service station.
e) $73 935-29 being payment for losses incurred at the service station due to the defendant’s failure and negligence in monitoring the service station equipment
f) $44 283-00 being the reimbursement for... More
On 9 March 2021 Never Nyakale, Lucia Nyakale and Portia Nyakale (plaintiffs) sued out a summons in case HC 69/21 against Wisdom Chitura and Helen Maureen Mushore (defendants) seeking a declaratory order that: the agreement between Mushore and Chitura be declared to be of no force and effect on the grounds that it was illegal and invalid; and that Chitura be evicted from the property known as U28 Mzilikazi, Bulawayo (“the disputed property”). More
This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47(1) (a) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 2nd June 2019 applicant hired the now deceased (deceased) person who was a sex worker. The two proceeded to Silver Sands Lodge in Bulawayo, at the lodge a misunderstanding ensued which degenerated into a fight. Applicant strangled the deceased resulting in her death and stole her cell phone. Applicant then stashed the body under the bed and fled from the scene. More
