This is a contested application for bail pending trial. Applicant is facing 2 counts of rape in contravention of section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). He faces a further charge of impersonating a public official as defined in section 179 (1) of the Criminal Code. Applicant faces further charges of fraud and theft. In the rape charge, it is alleged that the applicant raped two complainants he had hired as Nurse Aides. On the charge of impersonation he allegedly misrepresented to Dumisani Mhlanga, the Managing Director of Ingwebu Breweries that he was the... More
DUBE-BANDA J:This is an application for bail pending appeal. The applicant was arraigned before the Regional Magistrate’s Court sitting in Bulawayo, on two counts of rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations against him were briefly as follows: that on a date to the prosecutor unknown, but sometime during the month of April 2019, at number 28 Northway Burnside (house) Bulawayo he had sexual intercourse several times and on different occasions with the two complaints without their consent or realizing that there was a real risk or possibility that... More
The applicant’s property, No. 46 Manningdale, Lot 2 of Lot KN Willsgrove, also known as No. 46 Essexvale, Bulawayo Township was sold in execution of a debt. More
The plaintiff issued out summons against the 1st defendant on 25th June 2019 in which it claimed the following:-
“1. Eviction of the defendant and all those claiming through him from Mapari Ranch otherwise known as Lot 4 Devuli Ranch, held under Deed of Transfer 5251/92 within 7 days of service of the order.
2. Failing compliance with paragraph 1 above an order that, the Messenger of Court/Sheriff of Zimbabwe in charge of Masvingo together with the Zimbabwe Republic Police at the nearest Police Station in Bikita area or Masvingo District be and are hereby directed to evict the defendants... More
This is an opposed application wherein the Applicant seeks the removal of 1st respondent as an executrix dative in the estate of the late Mehluli Dube. The Applicant is a surviving spouse and a beneficiary in the deceased estate being the subject matter of this application. At the hearing of the application, I gave an ex tempore judgment granting the order as sought by the Applicant. The 1st Respondent has since requested for the written reasons for my judgment and I hereby proceed to give my reasoning.
Before I even proceed to analyse the case it is pertinent at this... More
