On 10 October 2019 at the 38km peg along Selborne- Aberforle Road, Amos Chitungo had a side swipe collision with a Mazda B2 500 being driven by one Peter Maneswa, accused and complainant respectively. The side swipe resulted in Peter Maneswa losing his arm.
The state outline went on to state that on the aforesaid date at around 2000 hours accused was driving an Isuzu Truck, number ACU 1017 along Selborne – Aberforle Road due East. Upon approaching the 38km peg, the accused saw an oncoming Mazda B2500 vehicle registration number ABY 0284 being driven by Peter Maneswa. On passing... More
The first to third respondents are accused persons appearing before the Magistrate who is cited as the fourth respondent.
The background to the application is as follows:-
The first to third respondents appeared before a Magistrate sitting at Masvingo charged with six counts of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Chapter 9:23].
The state outline can be summarized as below:
The complainant is Bikita Minerals (Pvt) Ltd. On 29 May 2018 Gift Gwande an export manager at Bikita Minerals sent a product dispatch schedule (PDS) to Tribal Logistics requesting six trucks to... More
The appellant approached this court dissatisfied with the Magistrates Court’s decision of dismissal of his bail application pending trial. The brief background of the matter is that appellant was arraigned before the Magistrates Court facing a charge of possession of dagga as defined in s 156 (1) (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations being that on 10 June 2020 the accused person together with the other unknown persons proceeded to Ruwangwe area where they loaded 11 x 50 kg sacks of dagga into a silver Toyota vehicle Registration AEI 3787. Upon approaching a... More
The three Defendants filed a special plea seeking dismissal of the Plaintiff’s claim. The Plaintiff issued summons seeking the following relief from the court:
1. An order declaring the agreement of sale between the Plaintiff and First Defendant to be valid and still operational.
2. An order declaring the agreement of sale that was entered into between the First, Second and Third Defendants to be null and void.
3. An order nullifying the transfer of title of land into the Third Defendant’s name.
4. Costs of suit. More
