This is an application for bail pending trial. The application is opposed. The applicant is facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23)
Factual background
It is alleged by the state that on the 15th February 2020 at around 20:00 hours, the deceased, one Thulani Ndlovu was at his residence at Lovendale, Bulawayo. The applicant had an altercation with one of the deceased’s brothers. The deceased intervened in an effort to restrain the two from fighting. The deceased then left the scene and went back to his... More
This is an application seeking to interdict the respondents from evicting the applicant from a property sold at a sale in execution. The applicant further seeks an order setting aside the transfer of the property sold in execution without setting aside the sale in execution itself. The order sought by the applicant is in the following terms:
“IT IS ORDERED THAT
1. The 1st respondent be and is hereby interdicted from evicting the applicant or those claiming through it from stand 11, Bulawayo Light Industrial Site of Bulawayo Township Lands, Bulawayo pending the finalization.
2. The transfer of Stand 11,... More
This urgent chamber application was brought before me on 19 February 2020 in chambers. I adjudged that the application was not urgent. On 11 February 2020 the applicant’s counsel wrote to the Registrar seeking audience with the court and address it on the aspect of urgency. The matter was set down for hearing on 17 February 2020. On the date of hearing the first respondent indicated that it was more concerned about the order of costs being prayed against the cited magistrate. The second respondent opposed the application arguing that the matter was no longer urgent given the background of... More
The Applicant approached this court seeking review of proceedings in the Magistrates Court on the basis of alleged gross procedural irregularities warranting intervention by this court. The thrust of the Applicant’s argument being that the proceedings be quashed and trial be ordered to commence afresh before a different Magistrate. The First Respondent opposed the application while the Second Respondent did not strictly oppose the application with Mrs Matsikidze pointing out that they were not endorsing the initial State opposition for postponement to allow applicant’s Counsel to attend in the court a quo. The Second Respondent further expressed it would abide... More
This is an application made in terms of s 85(1)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 (“the Constitution”) for appropriate relief based on a freedom of religion claim. The application raises questions of the constitutionality of the policy and the actions of the education authorities of compelling schoolchildren to salute the national flag and to say the words “Almighty God, in whose hands our future lies” in the process of reciting a pledge of allegiance to the country. More
This appeal is against the decision of the High Court of Zimbabwe handed down on 14 November 2018 upholding a preliminary point taken by the respondent that the appellant, who was the applicant in those proceedings, had no locus standi to institute legal proceedings against the respondent. At the centre of the dispute between the parties was the question whether the appellant was entitled to sue the respondent on the basis of the stipulatio alteri doctrine. More
This is a chamber application in terms of rule 164 as read with rule 165 (1) of the High Court Rules, 1971 (Rules). It is contended that (a) applicant filed and served upon respondent a notice to make a further discovery in terms rule 162 on the 8th July 2020; (b) the respondent has not yet filed its notice of a time for inspection in terms of rule 164. Applicant seeks an order drawn in the following terms:-
1. The Respondent shall file its Notice to Inspect in terms of Rule 164 (1a) within 5 days of the service of... More
