Plaintiff is a duly registered company that owns and operates a lodge in Kwekwe commonly referred to as Golden Acres Lodge. 1st Defendant is a Belgian national who is temporarily resident in Zimbabwe as a visitor and a Director of the 2nd Defendant. Plaintiff instituted an action proceedings against the Defendants for the payment of US$72 133.00 being the amount due and owing for accommodation provided to the Defendants as well as laundry, car hire, typing, and printing services. More
1. This is an application for bail pending appeal against sentence. On 17 January 2023 after hearing arguments, I delivered an ex tempore judgment, to wit: “The application for bail be and is hereby dismissed.” I have, however, been requested to provide a fully dressed judgment with reasons. I outline hereunder the reasons for this decision.
2. The salient facts are that the applicant was arraigned before the Magistrate Court sitting at Filabusi. He was charged with the crime of assault as defined in section 89(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 09:23). It being alleged that... More
1. This is an application for a declaratory order. Applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms:
i. That the sale and transfer of applicant’s property namely stand number 11294A Bulawayo Township measuring 4, 674 square metres also known as number 2B Bristol Road, South Belmont, Bulawayo to the 1st respondent under Deed of Transfer No. 1746/2019 are hereby declared fraudulent therefore null and void with no force and effect. More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicants appeared before this court without legal representation. They are 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 they struck Ernest Dube (deceased) with axes and machetes all over the body resulting in his death. They stole a service rifle, Nokia cell phone and house keys. More
This is an application for bail pending appeal which I heard on 13 November 2019 and dismissed in an ex tempore judgment primarily for lack of prospects of success. Applicant’s counsel has since requested for written reasons for my judgment and I provide them herein. More
