The applicant appeared before a Regional Magistrate at Bulawayo on the 15th of February 2019 on a charge of public violence in contravention of section 36(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23), in the alternative theft as defined in section (113)(1) of the Criminal Code. Applicant was convicted on the alternative charge of theft and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment with one year suspended on the usual conditions of future good conduct. Dissatisfied with the conviction and sentence the applicant noted an appeal against both conviction and sentence to this court. The appeal is pending.
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On the 14 March 2018 after hearing counsel we granted the following order;
“The appeal be and is hereby dismissed.”
The reasons for dismissing the appeal in respect of both conviction and sentence were given ex tempore. Later counsel for the appellant requested written reasons for dismissing the appeal. We now provide the said reasons. More
The applicant appeared before the High Court at Gweru on the 18th of May 2009 on a charge of murder. He was convicted of murder with actual intent. The learned judge sentenced the applicant to life imprisonment. The applicant sought to appeal against both conviction and sentence and brought this application before this court on 17 October 2018, some nine years after conviction and sentence. More
On 16 October 2019 we upheld an appeal against both conviction and sentence passed by the court a quo and indicated that reasons would follow. These are they: More
This is a chamber application for an order for direct access to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) made in terms of r 21(2) of the Constitutional Court Rules SI 61/2016, (“the Rules”). More
This is an application simply tilted “Court application”. It is not shown on the face of the application or the founding affidavit what application it is exactly and in terms of what rule of court it is made. It is continuously referred as “court application”. The court has to infer from the totality of the papers and submissions made that it is probably made in terms of order 40 rule 359 (8) being an application for the setting aside of a sale in execution. More
This is an appeal against the High Court’s judgment sitting at Bulawayo. The judgment granted the first respondent a provisional order interdicting the appellant and all her employees from conducting all forms of mining on the five disputed claims pending confirmation of the provisional order. More
