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This is an application to compel the 1st respondent to pass transfer of an immovable property commonly known as Lot 1 of stand 147, Prospect, Harare. More

A litigant who applies for the removal of the bar which operates against him admits the simple fact that he violated the rules(s) of court. His application for upliftment of the bar is, to all intents and purposes, a motion by him for condonation for his unwholesome conduct. He is, therefore, expected to be candid with the court, to give plausible reasons for his failure to comply with the rules of court and to place the court into his confidence in his effort to justify the condonation which he is moving the court to grant to him. More

TAKUVA J: The 71 year old accused appeared before a Regional Magistrate at Gweru on 10 October 2019 facing a charge of rape in contravention of section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) (the Code). The State’s case was that on the 10th of March 2019 at around 1600 hours, the complainant an eleven (11) year old girl was walking in the company of her aunt one Atrona Zhou when the appellant called her into his shop namely shop No. 5 Kandodo Business Centre, Zvishavane. Upon entering the shop the appellant closed the door and... More

The applicant approached the court through the urgent chamber book on 11 March 2021. The applicant sought the following order. “TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT 1. That the decision of the respondents to expel applicant’s son namely Tyrees Knife from school be and is hereby declared null and void and of no force or effect as it was arrived as a result of procedural impropriety. 2. The applicant’s son be and is hereby allowed to remain a student at the 1st respondent while at the same time attending his lessons without any form of hindrances from the respondents. 3.... More

The two applications referenced B 152/21 and B 175/21 were consolidated for purposes of hearing because the applicants are co-accused in the case for which they seek to be admitted to bail pending trial. The reference to first and second applicants is for convenience and the applicants are not joined as first and second applicants as such. The first and second applicants are co-charged with alleged accomplices namely Kalvin Musakwa, Tendai Zuze and Trymore Chapika. The first and second applicants were arrested in the early hours of 9 January 2021. They were formally brought before the magistrate at Harare Magistrate... More

This is an appeal against the refusal of bail. Appellant is facing a charge of fraud as defined in s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Code). More

This is an application in terms of section 92C of the Labour Act [Chapter28:01] (the Act). The applicant seeks to have this court vary a decision by another Judge of this court. The background is that the applicant was employed by the respondent and was dismissed in June 2004. After following internal processes unsuccessfully, the applicant appealed against the decision to dismiss him to the Labour court in 2005. The applicant lost his appeal in the Labour court and decided to appeal to the Supreme court. The Supreme court struck offthe appeal from its roll on the basis that the... More