This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare in which the court granted a provisional order in favour of the respondent. The essence of the order was to interdict the appellant and his agents and all those occupying the farm through him, from interfering with farming activities at Plot 1 of Alpha of Sandringham in Mazowe District of Mashonaland Central Province. The matter was brought on a certificate of urgency. More
The Applicant is currently in occupation of an A2 Farm measuring 125 hectares which farm is identified as S/D 43 Mahara Farm, Ward 16, Mvuma [the farm].
The 1st to the 4th Respondents are all cited in their official capacities.
The 1st Respondent is the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development. He deals inter alia with issues pertaining to agricultural land. [the Minister]
The 2nd Respondent is the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for the Midlands Province. I presume he is cited because the said farm is situated in the Midlands Province among other... More
The applicant lodged this application against the respondents in his capacity as a citizen and consumer of electricity in Zimbabwe. In his application he seeks the nullification and setting aside of the appointments of third to eighth respondents as Board members of the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory authority and thereafter an order directing the first respondent to make the necessary arrangements to appoint a new board of suitably qualified persons. He also seeks an order interdicting third to eighth respondents from performing or exercising any powers as Board members. More
I must say from the onset that I hold the view that applications for the review of uncompleted proceedings of a lower court, particularly criminal proceedings, being brought before a single Judge in Motion Court should be greatly discouraged. They are, in my view, generally undesirable. More
The petitioner and the respondent are political party activists. The former is a member of a political outfit which is known as Citizens for Coalition Change. The latter is a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. These are respectively referred to as CCC and ZANU (PF), for short. Both parties successfully filed their nomination papers with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (“ZEC”). They were sponsored by the political parties to which they are members. Both of them participated in the harmonized election which took place on 23 August, 2023. They were each vying for a parliamentary seat for Gwanda... More
Appellant was convicted of one count of theft of property which belonged to a partnership, which property was worth US59, 000-00. He was sentenced to a pay a fine of US$600-00 or in default of payment, to serve a term of 6 months imprisonment. More
BHUNU JA: This is an appeal against the wholejudgment of the Labour Court(the court a quo). The order appealed against is dated 14 November 2018. That orderupheld the respondent’s objectionin limine to the effect that the appellant’s claim had prescribed. Consequently it dismissed the appellant’s application for condonation of late noting of appeal and extension of time within which to note the appeal.Aggrieved by the judgmenta quo,the appellant approached this Court on appeal for relief. More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against this Court’s judgment of the 14th December 2012.
Appeals to the Supreme Court against decisions of the Labour Court are on a question of law. This is provided for in Section 92F (1) of the Labour Act [CAP 28:01] of the (The Act). More
On 12 July 2022, after hearing submissions by the parties on the special plea in bar in respect of plaintiff’s summons and declaration, I issued an ex tempore ruling upholding the special plea.
The plaintiff has requested written reasons. These are they;
On 13 May 2022 plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming ZWL $60 000 000-00 being damages for pain and suffering which arose out of an accident suffered by plaintiff while he was barring down a rock during the scope of his duties.
Plaintiff suffered injuries in his lumbar lordosis, central intervertebral disc, protrusion at LA, mild to... More
This is an application wherein the applicant seeks the following relief:-
“IT IS ORDERED THAT:-
1. The respondent shall forthwith release to the applicant the Crysler Lemis 300C Hemi motor vehicle seized from the applicant on the 21st October, 2009.
2. The applicant shall not be required to pay any duty or storage charge in respect of the motor vehicle.
3. The costs of this application shall be paid by the respondent on the legal practitioner and own client scale”. More
By a letter dated the 3rd of February 2010, Appellant was placed on suspension with effect from the 4th of February 2010. As contained in the letter Appellant was suspected of having committed an act of misconduct in terms of paragraphs 5,8,13(b)(c) and 24 of the First Schedule of the Public Service Regulations SI 1 of 2000 (the Regulations). More
In this case the applicant was convicted of negligent driving as defined is s 52(2) of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] and sentenced, on 2 April 2023, to pay a fine. In addition, he was prohibited from driving classes 2, 3 and 5 motor vehicles for an unspecified period. His licence was cancelled and he was ordered to surrender the licence to the clerk of court. This is an application for the suspension of that part of the punishment which relates to the prohibition from driving, and cancellation of the applicant’s driver’s licence. At the hearing I was advised... More
