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This is an application for the eviction of the first, second and third respondents and all those claiming occupation through them from Lot 5 of Merchiston measuring 22.2 hectares held under parent Deed of Transfer number 1355 of 2008 dated 18 March 2008. More

This is an application for bail being appeal. The applicant was convicted of two counts by the Magistrate sitting at Chiredzi on 14 December, 2020. In count 1 which relates to contravening s 59(2)(b) of the Parks and Wildlife, Act [Cap20:14] the 26 year old applicant was sentenced to pay a fine of $1000 or in default of payment to serve 5 months imprisonment. In count 2 which relates to contravening s 80(1) of SI 362/90 as read with s 128(b) of the Parks and Wild Life, Act [Cap 20:14] the applicant was sentenced to the minimum mandatory sentence of... More

MAKONESE J: This is an application for rescission of judgment and application for stay of execution. I have combined the two applications for convenience. They concern the same parties and the circumstances arise from the same subject matter. The application is opposed by the respondents. The 12 respondents nominated one Bishop Phakathi to represent them all. More

DUBE-BANDA J:This is a court application for a declaratur. Applicant seeks a declaratory relief couched in the following terms: It is ordered that: a. The sale of applicant’s bus by the 1st respondent pursuant to the court order under cover of case number HC 2576/18, obtained by the 2nd respondent under a sale conducted by the 3rd respondent be and is hereby set aside. b. Alternatively, to order in paragraph (a) above it be and is hereby declared that the sale of the applicant’s bus is and was a legal nullity. c. The applicant be and is hereby granted the... More

This matter was placed before me as an opposed application and a counter application. For the sake of consistency, the parties shall remain as cited in the main application. More

Unhappy that the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare denied him bail pending trial, the appellant has come before me on appeal. More

Appellant appeared before a magistrate sitting at Mutare charged with the offence of contravening Section 70 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (having sexual intercourse with a young person.) The summary jurisdiction reflects that appellant was 35 years old while complainant was 14 years old at the time of the commission of the offence. Complainant’s testimony reveals the following: More