The 2 applicants and 3 Others were arrested in December 2009 on allegations of armed robbery and attempted murder it being alleged that they had robbed Stanbic Bank in Chegutu getting away with substantial sums of money. It was further alleged that in the process of the robbery they had shot one of the employees of the bank on the right hip. More
This matter was allocated to me on 28 March 2012 late in the day and I set the matter down for hearing on 30 March 2012. The applicant in her founding affidavit paragraphs 4.2 and 4.3 had requested that I proceed to grant the order sought without hearing the respondent. The reasons given for this rather unusual approach were that the respondent if notified of the matter would cause un due delays thus jeopardizing the relief sought and that there was a risk of
peverse conduct by respondent who would hide or remove the two minor children from Zimbabwe. I... More
The plaintiff and the defendant were joined in holy matrimony on 20 February 1998 at Harare in terms of the Marriages Act [Cap 5:11] and the marriage still subsists. More
This is an urgent chamber application in which the applicants seek in the interim a stay of the proceedings in the Magistrates Court Case No. MC7485/10. The final relief sought is that the first, second and third respondent be interdicted from continuing with “the execution of the default judgment granted by the first respondent under case number MC7485/10.” More
When this matter was first placed before me on 23 February 2012 I was of a very strong view that the matter did not deserve to be treated on urgent basis because of the apparent casual approach adopted by the applicant in its handling this matter. More
The applicant appeared before a Regional Magistrate at Masvingo facing one count of rape. He was legally represented and at the end of a contested trial was convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with 5 years being suspended on condition of good behaviour. Irked by the trial court’s decision he filed a notice of appeal to the High Court Registrar. He now appeared before me on application for bail pending appeal. More
The applicant is a 20 year old resident of Chikowore village, Chief Chipuriro in the Guruve area. He was arrested and detained in custody on 26 June 2012 on allegations of aggravated indecent assault as defined in section 66 (11) (a) of the Criminal Law (codification and Reform) Act [Cap. 9:23]. More
