The appellant is charged with 5 counts of theft from motor vehicle allegations which he is alleged to have committed with 3 others two of whom are still at large.
Appellant was placed on remand on the 9th July 2021 together with one Desire Chirume as accused 2. Broadly the modus operandi in all the 5 counts is the same. Appellant and his co-accused are alleged to have broken into complainants’ motor vehicles after smashing door window glasses in order to access property inside the motor vehicle which generally were laptop, mobile phones etc. More
This is an application for reinstatement of case number HC 6528/18 on the roll pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 7 of Practice Direction 2 of 2013 and other ancillary reliefs. More
The background facts to this matter are outlined by the applicant as follows. The 1st claimant leases a farm owned by the 2nd claimant. In 2018 it entered into a finance agreement with Honeytech Investments Pvt Ltd (the 1st claimant) in terms of which the applicant extended to the 1st claimant a loan in the sum of US$384 000.00. The 1st claimant was obliged to utilize the finance to plant a barley crop. The 1st claimant planted the crop and delivered to the applicant 730.30 tons of barley valued at US$444 022.40. More
This is an application for bail pending trial. This application was determined on written submissions only. Applicant is being charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. On the 11 June 2020, applicant appeared before Binga Magistrate’s Court, whereupon he was placed on remand and detained in custody. The allegations from which the charge of murder arises are set out in the Police Form 242, commonly called a Request for Remand Form. It states that: on the 2nd October 2020, the applicant waylaid the now deceased who... More
The appellant was convicted of fraud in contravention of s 136(a) & (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23], in that on 21st August 2020, with intent to deceive one Enock Atukwa, or realising that there was a real risk or possibility of deceiving Enock Atukwa and intending to cause Enock Atukwa to act upon the misrepresentation to the prejudice of Dorcas Kandiero or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that Anock Atukwa may act upon the misrepresentation to the prejudice of Dorcas Kandiero by misrepresenting that he was the son of Dorcas... More
DUBE-BANDA J: This is an urgent application. This application was lodged in this court on the 1st April 2021. Itwas then placed before me and I directed that the copy of the application and a notice of set down be served on the respondents. The application was then set-down for the 7th April 2021, and on the set-down date, 1strespondent was not in attendance. I scrutinised the return of service and observed that the application and the notice of set down were served by affixing the processes on a letter box at number 15 1st Avenue, Famona, Bulawayo. I was... More
MABHIKWA J: Applicant made an urgent chamber application against the two (2) respondents whom he says he knew only as Chef Gona and Mpofu respectively. He claims that he became a beneficiary of plot number 1 Umguza, Lower Nondwane of Unguza in the year 2020. He however says he was not given an offer letter when others were given, he still does not know why. More
