The appellants are all members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. They were discharged from the Police Force following disciplinary proceedings in terms of the Police Act [Chapter 11:10]. The facts leading to their dismissal from the police force are by and large common cause. More
Applicant, who is a detective in the Zimbabwe Republic Police received a report of theft of a cellphone gadget on 4 March 2019. After investigations he recovered it from Ernest Jamela a form four student at St Joseph’s Mission, Sakubva, Mutare. He arrested Ernest Jamela and handed him over to the charge office. On 5 March 2019, at his parent’s home he rearrested him over a second cellphone belonging to Delight Mureba. On 7 March 2019 a complaint of assault was lodged by Ernest Jamela against applicant. More
On 10 November 2015 the applicants filed an application for a declaratur in this court seeking the following order:
“1. That the respondents’ trial proceedings in terms of the Police Act against the applicants be and are hereby set aside.
2. That the trial of the applicants in terms of the Police Act for the allegations for which they were charged with in terms of the ordinary law is declared wrongful and unlawful.
3. That the respondents are ordered to pay costs on a client – attorney scale.” More
The applicants who are all members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police sought a declaratur to the effect that their conviction and sentence by the police force after having been charged in a court of law on allegations of theft and fraud was wrongful and unlawful. They also sought that the Commissioner General of Police be ordered to reinstate all four of them into the police service forth with. More
CHIRAWU-MUGOMBA J: This matter was placed before me as one for review in terms of R62 of the High Court Rules, 2021. In casu, the applicants seek an order to set aside their sentence and conviction by the 1st respondent and their acquittal on charges preferred against them. At the hearing, there was no appearance for the respondents. Efforts were made to ascertain what the challenge was and it appeared that no one was sure of who was handling the matter on the part of the respondents’ legal practitioners. Counsel for the respondents Ms N L Mabasa, logged into the... More
On 7 August 2020 the High Court of Mutare issued an urgent chamber application for execution pending appeal filed by the successful party, the applicant, Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe. It is a special application where the applicant wants to be given leave to execute the judgment granted under Case Number HC 99/19 dated 23 July 2020. Applicant is seeking the following relief: More
This is an appeal against the determination of National Employment Council for the Printing, Packaging & Newspapers Industry Appeals Committee (the NEC Appeals Committee). More
The applicant is a company which is duly registered as such in accordance with the laws of this country. It is indisputably a mass media provider. The applicant was the publisher of two newspapers, The Daily News, which was a daily newspaper and The Daily News on Sunday. It is not registered in terms of the Access of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Chapter 10:23] (AIPPA) as a mass media provider and is thus not publishing the newspapers concerned. It has launched these proceedings for an order that it be deemed to be registered in terms of the Act.... More
The Respondent was employed by the Appellant as a Freelance Sales Representative with effect from 20 August 2012. The Respondent subsequently received a letter from the Sales and Advertising Manager on 11 March 2013 terminating such employment. The matter was referred to an arbitrator by the National Employment Council of the Printing, Packaging and Newspaper Industry. More
The matter was placed before me as an appeal against the decision of the N E C Appeals Committee. The Appellant is the former employer of the Respondent. More
On 28 July 2005, the applicant filed a court application in terms of Order 33 of the Rules of the High Court of Zimbabwe, 1971. The application was for a review of the proceedings and decision of the respondent, handed down on 18 July 2005, denying the respondent registration as a media service provider in terms of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, [Chapter 10:27]. The grounds given in the application for the review were procedural irregularity and bias on the part of the Chairperson of the respondent. More
On 31 October 2024, the High Court (the court a quo) struck off the roll with costs an application for review made by the appellant on the basis that it was brought before it prematurely in the middle of proceedings. More
The applicant is a legal practitioner and senior partner at the law firm of Musunga& Associates which cherishes its domicile in Harare, Zimbabwe. The respondent is the regulating authority governing the activities of legal practitioners in this jurisdiction. The applicant has made an approach to this court in terms of Order 33 Rule 256 of the High Court of Zimbabwe Rules, 1971 seeking a review of the decision of the respondent handed down on 14 July 2010 in which he was found guilty of professional misconduct and “reprimanded and warned to always act as a diligent conveyancer.” More
In this case, the plaintiff seeks the following order;
a. That the defendants and all those claiming occupation through them be and are hereby ejected from a certain piece of land situate in the district of Salisbury called stand 2133 Bluff Hill Township 1180 Bluff Hill Township measuring 810 square metres registered in favour of the plaintiff under deed of registration number 5553/2000 also known as 2133, Area D, Westgate, Harare. More
This is an urgent chamber application for an interim interdict, in particular for what is commonly referred to as an anti-dissipation interdict. This form of an interdict is a summary order meant to preserve assets by restraining their disposal pending the determination of a dispute involving the parties. The dispute pending is an action matter Case No. HC1349/24 initiated by the applicant against the first respondent. More
