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 appeal against part of the judgment of the Magistrates Court (“the court a quo”) handed down on 5 March 2024. The appellant appealed against part of the judgment of the court a quo that awarded her only 25 percent shares in the immovable property called Stand 2094 Kukura Kuroja Housing Co-operative, Hatcliffe, Harare (“the Hatcliffe property”). In terms of that judgment, the court a quo dismissed the respondent’s claim for the eviction of the appellant from the Hatcliffe property and awarded the appellant a share of 25 percent of the said property against the 50 percent share... 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
This is an application for leave for direct access to the Constitutional Court. The application has been filed in terms of s 167(5) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, 2013, (“the Constitution”) as read with r 21(2) of the Constitutional Court Rules, 2016 (“the Rules”). If granted leave to access the Court directly, the applicant intends to bring an application under s 85(1) (a) of the Constitution, seeking the setting aside of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Dolosi & Ors v The State SC 98/23 on the premise that it infringed two of his fundamental rights, namely the 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
MAKONI J: The applicant and 3 of his accomplices appeared before a Magistrate charged with murder. The brief facts of the matter are that the applicant and his accomplices approached Gletwin farm in Chishawasha armed with pistols and with two get away cars. They disarmed the two guards who were by the gate by tying them with shoe laces and bag handles. They also handcuffed a guard who was in the chicken run. They also assaulted him. The guard screamed and one Edson Manembe who was guarding the storeroom heard the screams. As he approached the chicken run, armed with... More
As can be gleaned from the pleadings filed of record the Chieftainship dispute of the Mugabe clan in Masvingo province has been raging on for a long time since the death of the then substantive Chief Mugabe one Mude Mudavanhu in November 2009.
The 3rd respondent was appointed the Acting Chief Mugabe pending the appointment of the substantive Chief since the death of the substantive Chief Mugabe in November 2009. The 3rd respondent has been so acting until his appointment as the substantive Chief Mugabe on 23 January 2023 in terms of section 283 (1) (a) of the Constitution of... More
