1. The applicant was convicted by the Magistrates Court pursuant to a fully contested trial on a charge of rape as defined in s 65 of the Criminal Law Code. More
Pursuant to the President’s proclamation of the election, the first applicant claims to have registered her desire to be considered for the provincial and metropolitan council under the proportional representation list of her party. In her founding affidavit she narrated that on 20 June 2023, late in the afternoon, she got wind of the fact that the respondents had caused the issuance of SI 114/2023 and SI 115/2023. She states that as a result of these pieces of legislation the nomination landscape in the preface of the upcoming harmonized elections changed significantly in a manner that adversely affected her rights... More
I set HC 6264/21 down for hearing. The hearing was scheduled for 20 June, 2022. At the hearing, the applicant which was the respondent in the case raised a preliminary point. It did so through counsel. Its in limine matter was that the first respondent (“the respondent”) which was the applicant in the court a quo did not file its Heads within the dies which TSANGA J issued to the parties on 4 February, 2022. It insisted that the respondent was barred and could not, therefore, be heard until it unbarred itself. The respondent opposed the preliminary point which the... More
This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court of Zimbabwe sitting at Harare on 20 November 2019 granting an interim interdict in favour of the first respondent.
THE FACTS
The appellant and the first respondent have been engaged in a flurry of litigation and at other times with Interfin Banking Corporation Ltd in liquidation (the bank) in both the High Court and in this Court. Some of the cases have been concluded while others are still pending. The facts relevant to this appeal are narrow. More
This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 14 December 2012 under case number LC/REV/H/86/2011 wherein the appellant’s application for review was dismissed for lack of merit. More
Appellant, appeared before the Regional Magistrate Court, Kadoma on two occasions seeking bail pending trial. He had been apprehended on two charges of armed robbery and possession of articles used in the commission of an offence, in contravention of ss126 and 140 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter,9:23], respectively. Of note, on his initial remand of the 2nd of May 2024, bail was opposed by the State, on the faith of the request of remand form and the investigating officer’s affidavit. When the appellant reappeared on the 8th of May 2024, the State was in possession of... More
This is an appeal against a judgement of the Magistrate court sitting at Harare in which the appellant’s claim for the eviction of respondent from stand 3357 New Mabvuku also known as 44 Mubanga Street New Mabvuku Harare was dismissed by the court a quo. More
The present dispute is an off-shoot of the main matter between the parties and comes as a result of the judgement I delivered in Eric Murowa v Mabaya & Sons Transport & General Contractors CC & Another HMA 61-22. The following background facts suffice by way of recap. The plaintiff instituted a claim for the recovery of the sum of ZAR 1 830 272 in delictual damages arising from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision. More
The applicant filed an urgent chamber application for attachment of property to confirm jurisdiction. I granted the order on 29 October 2021.
The first respondent has anticipated the return date and seeks that the provisional order granted on 29 October 2021 be discharged with costs on an attorney client scale.
The application for attachment of property to confirm jurisdiction is based on the following basis extracted from the founding affidavit of applicant.
The applicant is employed by MB Transport as a driver. On 20 November 2020 at the 220 kilometer peg along the Masvingo Beitbridge Road second respondent who was... More
At the conclusion of the trial in this matter, and after the two defendants virtually abandoned their defences to the plaintiffs’ claims, I entered judgment in favour of the plaintiffs and said the reasons for doing so would follow. These are they. More
The OK Grand Challenge Jackpot promotion has become an exciting annual national event to many Zimbabweans as it affords many lucky winners a rare opportunity to win various prices ranging from motor vehicles, residential stands and an assortment of other items. It is an event which is aggressively advertised both in the print and electronic media. More
This is a chamber application for an order for condonation of late filing of an application for leave to appeal made in terms of r 35(1) of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016 (“the Rules”). More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (“the court a quo”) handed down on 7 July 2022 in which it declined to assume jurisdiction in respect of an application filed by the appellant for the review of the recommendations of the second, third and fourth respondents in accordance with which the first respondent removed her from the office of Judge of the High Court. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the court a quo)
in which it dismissed the appellant`s urgent chamber application wherein she sought an interdict to prevent the first respondent (the President) from establishing a Tribunal in terms of s 187 (3) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, 2013 (‘the Constitution’). More
[1] This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court (the ‘court a quo’) wherein the court granted a provisional order in an urgent chamber application made by the respondent. The court a quo ordered that a motor vehicle in the possession of the appellant be placed under judicial attachment pending the return day of the provisional order. The court further interdicted both the appellant and the respondent from using the motor vehicle pending the determination of the matter. More
