MUZENDA J: This is a chamber application for leave to appeal out of time. Where applicant seeks the following relief:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. Application for leave to file appeal out of time be and is hereby granted.
2. Applicant be and is hereby granted leave to file his appeal within 5 days of granting of this order.
3. There shall be no order as to costs.”
The conviction and sentence were pronounced at Rusape Magistrate’s Court on 17 July 2023. Applicant intends to appeal against both conviction and sentence and to him he enjoys bright prospects of success. More
The applicant who was 37 years old appeared at Rusape Regional Court on 24 April 2019 facing two counts of Rape as defined s 65 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. On the first count the state alleged that on a date unknown to the prosecutor but during the period extending from December 2018 to January 2019 and at Chidawanyika Village, Chief Mutasa, Honde Valley, the applicant had sexual intercourse once with Juliet Mwanaka a female aged 7 years who at law is deemed incapable of consenting to sexual activities. The second count also... More
MWAYERA J: The appellants were arraigned before the Magistrate court on a charge of attempted Robbery as defined in s. 189 (1) (a) or (b) as read with section 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:25]. It is alleged that on 28 November 2020 around 2350 hours the appellants or one or more of them approached the complainant whilst armed with machetes and catapults. They demanded for gold ore. They dragged the complainant to a mine shaft threatening him to disclose where the gold ore was. The complainant did not give in but screamed for help... More
On 16 November 2019 the four appellants noted an appeal against the decision of the Master of High Court (5th Respondent herein) where he accepted the late Rosemary Manyange’s Will for the purposes of the administration of the estate. The four appellants outlined twenty-three (23) grounds of appeal contained on five typed pages.
It will not be necessary to repeat the grounds of appeal for the purposes of this judgment. The appeal was set down for hearing on 3 June 2020 after having been postponed earlier due to Covid 19 pandemic. On 3 June 2020 the first and third respondents... More
This is a chamber application for condonation of late noting of appeal and leave to prosecute an appeal in person, which this court refused to grant on 20 January 2025 due to lack of prospects of success on appeal.
Applicant has lodged an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. More
