The applicant appeared before the High Court at Gweru on the 18th of May 2009 on a charge of murder. He was convicted of murder with actual intent. The learned judge sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment. The applicant sought to appeal against both conviction and sentence and brought this application before this court on 17 October 2018, some nine years after conviction and sentence. More
This is an application simply tilted “Court application”. It is not shown on the face of the application or the founding affidavit what application it is exactly and in terms of what rule of court it is made. It is continuously referred as “court application”. The court has to infer from the totality of the papers and submissions made that it is probably made in terms of order 40 rule 359 (8) being an application for the setting aside of a sale in execution. More
This is an application for the upliftment of the automatic bar that came about after applicant failed to file a new set of opposing papers against the confirmation of a Provisional Order that had been granted against it after it had filed opposing papers for argument on whether or not a Provisional Order should be granted. It would appear applicant’s lawyer laboured under the mistake that once having filed opposing papers against the granting of the interim order, if it had no additional information it would still use the same opposing papers to argue against the confirmation of the Provisional... More
The appellants appeared before a magistrate at Plumtree Magistrates’ Court facing a charge of public violence as defined in section 36 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. They pleaded not guilty but were convicted and sentenced to a fine of $500 or in default of payment 90 days imprisonment for the first appellant and $200 or in default of payment 40 days imprisonment for the second appellant. This appeal is against conviction only. More
The parties were married to each other in terms of the Marriage Act Chapter 5:11 in Harare on 23 August 2008 and the marriage still subsists. There are two minor children of the marriage both boys, one of whom is 8 years old and the other is 6 years. The marriage has irretrievably broken down and the plaintiff has filed for divorce, custody of the minor children of the marriage Owethu Reabetsoe Dlodlo born on 4 November 2010 and Kabongwe Otsile Dlodlo born on 12 January 2012. Plaintiff terndered reasonable access to the defendant. She also claimed maintenance of R20... More
