Applicant filed a bail application on 11 July 2019. The State filed its response on 12 July, 2019 opposing the application. I heard the matter on 15 July 2019. The State requested to be heard first averring that it had a proposal to make. The applicant was not opposed to this request. The State announced that it was no longer opposed to the granting of bail. The suggestion was that the draft order was to be expanded to accommodate three more conditions namely; More
On 31 January 2019 the appellant was convicted by the Rusape Provincial Magistrate on allegations of public violence as defined in s 36 of the Criminal Law Code. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment of which 1 year imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of future good behaviour. Dissatisfied with both conviction and sentence, he filed an appeal against both conviction and sentence. On 6 November 2019 we dismissed the appeals and indicated that reasons would follow. These are they. More
In our respectful view this is a hopeless appeal by all accounts.
After hearing counsel on 26 September 2018 we dismissed this appeal for lack of merit. We gave detailed ex tempore reasons. On 1 October 2018 counsel for the appellant requested written reasons for dismissing the appeal. These are they; More
On 22 April 2015, the plaintiff issued summons out of this court seeking the following order against the defendant:An order confirming null and void the purported agreement of sale signed by the plaintiff and defendant on the 12th January 2010 in respect of Umguza 100 acre Lot 5A for want of a subdivisions permit at the material time and in any event and in the alternative for defendant’s breach of the terms and conditions of the agreement of sale.
2) An order for the eviction of the defendant and all those claiming rights after him from Umguza 100 Acre Lot... More
In the present case, the appellant was driving a Honda Fit, alone with no passengers on board. He was ordered to stop by the police officers and he complied. Thereafter it was revealed he was not a holder of a driver’s licence. The appellant cooperated with the police and at court he did not waste time and resources by pleading guilty to the offence. In its reasons for sentence the court just mentioned the mitigatory factors but sentence imposed speaks volumes of the court not having placed any weight to the mitigatory factors. A plea of guilty although not reducing... More
These were two cases in one. Except for the different applicants everything else was the same. So the parties agreed to have the matters combined for argument. It was expedient. More
The plaintiff issued civil summons in May 2004 sounded in Zimbabwe dollars. The plaintiff was claiming from the defendant;
1. $248 292,38 for past medical expenses
2. $1 292 460,00 for future medical expenses
3. $6 000 000,00 for psychological injury, loss of general health and loss of amenities of life.
4. $5 000 000,00 for contumelia, humiliation and defamation
5. $115 136 000,00 for loss of pension benefits
6. $411 300 774,00 for loss of earnings
7. Interest on all the above at the prescribed rate from the date of service of summons to date of full payment.
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