This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is being charged with two counts of robbery as defined in section 126 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. In count one it being alleged that on the 15th March 2021,at about 1520 hours the applicant in the company of his accomplices went to number 5 Coleridge Road, Malindela, Bulawayo armed with a firearm, handcuffs and a knife. Upon arrival the applicant and his accomplices kidnapped two children who were playing outside the yard and dumped them at Ascot shopping centre, Bulawayo. They returned to the house... More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is an urgent application. This application was lodged in this court on the 1st April 2021. Itwas then placed before me and I directed that the copy of the application and a notice of set down be served on the respondents. The application was then set-down for the 7th April 2021, and on the set-down date, 1strespondent was not in attendance. I scrutinised the return of service and observed that the application and the notice of set down were served by affixing the processes on a letter box at number 15 1st Avenue, Famona, Bulawayo. I was... More
MABHIKWA J: Applicant made an urgent chamber application against the two (2) respondents whom he says he knew only as Chef Gona and Mpofu respectively. He claims that he became a beneficiary of plot number 1 Umguza, Lower Nondwane of Unguza in the year 2020. He however says he was not given an offer letter when others were given, he still does not know why. More
Applicants in this case are leaning on a slender reed. In fact, it take a measure of extreme boldness to bring an application of this nature with the hope that somehow the court would entertain the matter and grant the relief sought. More
MABHIKWA J: The applicant filed this application which was served on the respondent on the date of hearing. He opposed the application. It was proposed and agreed that the parties file heads of argument and the matter be determined on the papers. This court then gave directions as to the filing of the notice of opposition, answering affidavit if any, and the heads of argument. More
