The applicant appeared before the magistrate at Harare on 8 February, 2021 on initial remand on allegations of having committed the offence of robbery committed in aggravating circumstances as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicant was charged together with a co-accused, one Gift Moffat. The brief details of the charge were that on 2 February, 2021 at around 19:00 hours the applicant and his co- accused and three other accomplices still at large proceeded into the Harare City Centre in a vehicle owned and driven by an outstanding accused Arnold... More
On 1 August 2018 this court dismissed an application for absolution made by the defendant. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court against this court’s decision under case number SC 421/19. The Supreme Court made the following order-
“IT IS ORDERED BY CONSENT THAT:
1. The appeal is allowed with costs
2. The decision of the court a quo is set aside
3. The matter is remitted to the court a quo for determination of all the issues that were placed before it” More
The applicant filed an application for confirmation of cancellation of the lease agreement between itself and the respondent dated 2 May 2019. It having been duly cancelled in terms of clause 4 of the said agreement. The respondent is opposed to the confirmation of the cancellation of the lease agreement. More
This judgement only addressed the 2 points in limine which were taken by the respondent employer in an appeal at the instance of the appellant employee. This follows a labour dispute pitting the 2 and which saw them appearing before the National Hearing Committee whose decision is now meant to be decided on appeal in the labour court.
The 2 points taken are that invalid grounds of appeal have been raised and that the relief sought is not clear. In the result the employer prays that the appeal be struck off the roll with costs on account of it being... More
TAKUVA J: This is an application for summary judgment in favour of the applicants and against the respondents in the following terms:
“1. The 2nd and 3rd respondents and all those claiming occupation through them be and are hereby ordered to vacate the property known as subdivision H of Lot 11 of Montegomery situate in the District of Bulawayo also known as number 11Seynor Road, Montgomery, Bulawayo.
2. The 2nd and 3rd respondents beand are hereby ordered to pay holdover damages in the sum of US$300,00 permonth with effect from 1 December 2018 to date of ejectment from the property.... More
The applicant seeks leave to appeal. This is in respect of the judgment of this court on 1 June 2021 under the reference no HH 270-21, per MTSHIYA AJ. That judgment dismissed an appeal by the applicant. The appeal had been noted against certain decisions by the respondent in respect of some objections by the applicant over the tax assessments on it for the period 2010 to 2014. In its judgment, this court distilled the applicant’s numerous objections into one issue: which of the applicant’s expenses and claims were, in law, allowable deductibles for the purposes of determining the income... More
