This is an urgent chamber application filed on the 8th May 2019 seeking the following interim relief:
“Interim relief
1. That the 1st respondent’s decision of the 209th April 2019 be and is hereby stayed pending determination of the application for review filed under case number HC 1038/19.
2. For the avoidance of doubt 2nd and 3rd respondents, their agents or assignees be and are hereby ordered not to carry out mining activities in the disputed production shaft.
3. Applicant be and is hereby allowed to carry out its mining activities on Jessie’s Luck B Mine, outside the disputed area.”... More
The applicant was arrested and arraigned before the magistrate court on a charge of rape. He was detained in custody and has approached this court seeking for bail pending trial. More
This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court granting an order evicting the appellant and requiring him to pay holding over damages and costs of suit. The respondent alleged that he was the registered owner of the property in question, situated in Meyrick Park, Harare, and that the appellant was occupying the property without his consent, entitling him to claim holding over damages in the sum of $500 per month from 1 November 2011. More
In action proceedings instituted before the High Court of Zimbabwe, the appellant, as plaintiff, sought an order against the respondent for payment of damages in the sums of US$100,000 for malicious prosecution and US$300,000 for malicious arrest and detention. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the respondent, as defendant, applied for absolution from the instance. The High Court found for the respondent and, consequently, granted absolution from the instance, with the appellant paying the costs of suit. It is against that order that an appeal has been noted to this Court. More
This is an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in terms of s 44(6) of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06]. In particular, the applicant seeks leave to appeal against the decision of the High Court handed down on 20 March 2019 in Case No. 11141/18 (as Judgment No. HH 229-19). The effect of that judgment was to quash the criminal charges against the respondents in Case No. CRB P 9114-5/18 and consequently to order their acquittal on those charges. More
This is an appeal in respect of both the conviction and sentence.
The appellant was convicted after a protracted trial by the Magistrate sitting at Chivi on 1 July, 2019 and he was represented by Mr Chivasa. More
The application for a declaratory order in terms of s85 (1) of the Constitution was placed before me on the unopposed roll, the respondents not having filed opposition. Although the 1st respondent had also not filed opposition to the 1st applicant’s part of the combined application, Mr Ndubiwa for the 1st respondent was in attendance and counsel advised that they were in the process of achieving an amicable settlement of the matter. There being no appearance or opposition for the 2nd and 3rd respondents I granted a default judgment in the following: More
