This is a chamber application for condonation for late noting of appeal and leave to prosecute the appeal in person:
Applicant, represented by counsel, Mr Bvuma, was convicted of malicious damage to property, unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances and theft. For first count he was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, 6 months of which were suspended for 5 years on conditions set. More
On 25 November 2021 I dismissed the applicants’ application for bail pending trial based on changed circumstances. I gave my reasons for that decision in court.
On 10 December 2021 applicants wrote to the Deputy Registrar requesting reasons for judgment unfortunately the applicants legal practitioners cited a wrong case number. The applicants’ legal practitioner wrote a follow up letter to the Deputy Registrar on 14 January 2022. I was given this record today at 1600 hours for my attention. More
The Respondent (plaintiff in court a quo) purchased 45 bags of 50kg PC 15 cement from N. Richards Rusape sometime in October 2017. The appellant who was employed at N. Richards agreed to look after the cement which the respondent was to collect later. The Respondent sent in One Nyakurima to collect some of the cement leaving a balance of 33 bags. Upon request to collect the outstanding cement the appellant was not forthcoming. The parties ended up convening a meeting with the manager of N. Richards Rusape. The appellant signed an acknowledgement of debt and committed to reimburse the... More
The appellant was charged with fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The State alleged that on diverse fifteen occasions at Mutare Bottling Company, 18 Riverside Road, Mutare, appellant and his two co-accused acting in connivance and in association with each other unlawfully made representations to the complainant company by crediting various amounts of money into Ukuzenzele Marketing Enterprises’ complainant credit account purporting that Ukuzenzele had paid such amounts to complainant servicing its debts, intending to deceive complainant More
On Christmas day, 25 December 2018, the accused in the company of the deceased left Bethania Business Centre after some beer drinking. Along the way, they met up with Learnmore Chipangura who was in the company of his wife Anyway Tariro Nyamuponza, Ronald Phiri and the latter’s wife Tanyaradzwa Kachera when Learnmore Chipangura started to call the accused person by his nickname. The accused person started to shout at Learnmore not to call him by his nickname but he kept on doing so and a fight ensued. Learnmore then punched the accused who fell down and the accused then drew... More
