The applicant applies for bail pending trial. She is a female adult aged 29 years old. She first appeared before the magistrate at Chivhu court on initial remand on 13 November 2020 charged with four counts of murder. The case of the applicant caught the public eye and was also widely covered by the Press. Its circumstances are tragic. The applicant is married and had four minor children born of the marriage prior to the commission of the offence. More
This is an application by applicant to amend its declaration. The applicant instituted a claim against the respondents claiming refund of the purchase price the applicant paid to the first respondent through the third respondent in respect of the purchase price of a property purchased from the first respondent called Stand 1576 Ardbennie Township of Subdivision A of 5, 6 and 7 Block MM Ardbennie township. The second respondent was the Agent of the first respondent in the sale agreement and the applicant paid the full purchase price through the third respondent in terms of the agreement of sale More
This appeal concerns a mother who hid her young daughter’s friend from her parents who had been frantically searching for her everywhere. The two young friends had left the complainant’s residence and went to the appellant’s residence. Although she was confronted by the complainant’s parents regarding their daughter’s whereabouts, the appellant denied sheltering and secreting the victim away. More
The plaintiff approached court seeking that she be declared the owner of house number 64 Nzou Street, Rimuka Kadoma (hereinafter referred to as the property) and the eviction of the defendant. The defendant is defending the claim and challenges the relief sought. The application is well within the law in terms of s 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] which empowers this court at the instance of an interested party to enquire into and determine any existing, future, or contingent right or obligation. The parties appeared in chambers on 12 September 2023 and given that the facts are... More
The plaintiff instituted action proceeding seeking the following order:
1. That the first, second and third defendant transfer Stand 121 Muchenje Drive Mbare to the plaintiff, failure of which the deputy sheriff was to be empowered to sign documents necessary for such cession to take place. More
This is an appeal from a determination by the Respondent’s Disciplinary Committee in disciplinary proceedings that had been convened against the Appellant. The disciplinary proceedings were convened in terms of provisions under the Public Service Regulations, Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000 as amended. The operative part of the order reads as follows More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Labour Court setting aside an arbitral award in terms of which the respondent was ordered to pay the appellant the sum of US$ 17 500.00. More
The famed Nigerian author, feminist and motivational speaker Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie in one of her TED talks discussed an interesting topic titled, “The dangers of a single story”. She talked about how she was initially shaped by one narrative on life but she later realised how dangerous such a trajectory is. This matter epitomises such dangers when one party is so adamant that during the subsistence of the marriage, only one narrative matters and in the process completely misses the tenets of the Matrimonial Causes Act [Chapter 5:13]. More
This is an application for a declaratur in terms of section 14 of the High Court Act (Chapter 7:06). The order sought by the applicant in the Draft Order as amended is in the following terms: More
UCHENA JA: This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court Bulawayo, dated 21 March 2018, in which the appellant was convicted of murder with actual intent and sentenced to death. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Magistrates Court. The short history of the matter is that first appellant borrowed a sum of US$40,000 from respondent on 31 May 2021. First appellant defaulted on the due date of 30 June 2021 but reduced its indebtedness by a payment of US$20,000 in September 2021.Thereafter, first appellant`s commitment to settle the balance became markedly diffident. More
The Applicant was employed by the respondent as the Sales and Marketing Manager. He
referred a complaint of unfair labour practice to the Labour Officer. Upon failure to conciliate the matter was referred to compulsory arbitration in terms of Section 93 of the Act. The Arbitrator found that Applicant had been unfairly dismissed. He awarded Applicant amongst other things 30% of his salary as bonus. The respondent was aggrieved and appealed to this court against the arbitral award. The respondent had initially raised three grounds of appeal. The Applicant raised a preliminary point that the respondent’s grounds of appeal were... More
The appellants were indicted before the court a quo on a charge of murder in contravention of s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. A reading of the indictment shows that the State was not specific as to which paragraph of s 47 it was seeking to prove. It was alleged that on 2 July 2010 and at Gletwin Farm Chishawasha Highlands Harare, the four appellants or one or more of them unlawfully and with the intention to kill, caused the death of Edson Manhembe by shooting him three times in the chest and stomach... More
