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Sometime in April 2021 Caleb Chihwa was arrested driving a truck loaded with 294 bales of second-hand clothes which had been smuggled into Zimbabwe. He was travelling from Mutare to Harare. The subject truck was not registered with the Central Vehicle Registry, applicant claims that it belongs to her. On 23 November 2022 Caleb Chihwa was prosecuted and fined. Meanwhile on 15 July 2021 a Notice of Seizure of the truck was issued by the Regional Manager and applicant was informed. Various representations were made from the station manager upwards in an effort to set aside the seizure and release... More

A chamber application was filed with this Court by the second and third respondents under HC 186/21. The application was granted as follows: - “1. The application for appointment of curator and litem be and is hereby granted. 2. MELLANIA GWAIKWA be and is hereby appointed curator ad litem for and in respect of FORBES MAROWA a mentally ill person in litigation under Zvishavane case number 98/21 and in any such case as may relate to Forbes Marowa’s disposal of house number 4009 Mandava Township Zvishavane. 3.The office of the said curator ad litem shall terminate upon finalisation of any... More

Appellant appeared before a magistrate sitting at Mutare charged with the offence of contravening Section 70 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (having sexual intercourse with a young person.) The summary jurisdiction reflects that appellant was 35 years old while complainant was 14 years old at the time of the commission of the offence. Complainant’s testimony reveals the following: More

Sometime in January 2019, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions called for a nationwide stay away principally as a reaction against fuel price increases. It turned out that the events did not result in a stay away but blocking of major public roads, spikes, nails, boulders, tree trunks, tyres, drums and scrap metals were piled on the roads and in some instances human shield was used to thwart both human and automobile traffic. The applicant participated in this “stay away” and the end product of all this activity was an enormous number of people were arrested by the police, indeed... More

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