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This is an urgent court application for a declaratur. After hearing and considering the evidence and submissions made by counsel, in an ex-tempore judgment I dismissed the application with costs for lack of merit. In a letter dated 12 February 2024 the applicant has requested for reasons for the judgment. More

This is an application for a declaratur wherein the 24 applicants seek an order concluded in the following terms:- More

MAKONESE J: This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the magistrate sitting at Bulawayo on the 19thDecember 2019. The notice of appeal is couched in the following terms: “Please take notice that the above named appellant hereby notes an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrates’ Court including the order for costs handed down by her worship A. Mbeure on 19th December 2019 in case number CC 442/2019. More

This application seeks a review of the second respondent’s decision wherein he accepted nomination papers for the first respondents after the 1600 hours deadline on 21 June 2023. More

MAKONESE J: The applicant appeared before a Regional Magistrate at Bulawayo on the 4th of November 2020 facing a charge of rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). Applicant was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment of which 5 years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual condition of future good conduct. More