The plaintiffs are all residents of Mudereri Village under Chief Masunda in the Zvishavane Communal area. By virtue of its proximity to Zvishavane Town, the village is fast transforming into a peri-urban residential settlement under the jurisdiction of the Zvishavane Town Council, the second defendant herein. A dispute has however arisen between the plaintiffs and the defendants following what the plaintiffs consider to be the forced annexure of their land by the fifth defendant and incorporating it into the area under the second defendant’s jurisdiction. As a result of that dispute, the plaintiffs’ caused summons to be issued out of... More
This is an appeal against both the conviction and sentence.
[2] The appellant and four others were convicted after a protracted trial on a charge of tampering with apparatus for the supply or generation of electricity as defined in s 60A of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19].
[3] The Regional Court sitting at Karoi having found no special circumstances, sentenced each to the mandatory minimum 10 years imprisonment. More
1. This is an application brought by the applicant for my recusal from hearing this matter. Before the applicant argued his application for recusal, I placed the following facts on record: that I only knew Mr Jaricha counsel for the respondent only as a legal practitioner appearing before this court. I have never met him outside court and I do not socialise with him. In his brief submissions Mr Jaricha confirmed this position, i.e. that I have never met him outside court and that I do not socialise with him. More
After filing several unmeritorious applications in this court, which were either dismissed or withdrawn a decree of perpetual silence was issued by this court per CHIKOWERE J on the 11th of February 2019. The applicant was ordered not to institute any action of whatever nature with respect to a certain piece of land situate in the District of Bulawayo known as Stand 14475 Bulawayo Township of Stand 15038 Bulawayo Town Ship measuring 1 600 square metres (hereinafter referred to as “the property”). Applicant was ordered not to issue any court process commencing action, or set down any matter already filed... More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrates Court in which the court a quo gave the following order after a full trial;
“Judgment of absolution from the instance be and is hereby granted.” More
In a judgment dated the 13th of November 2019 issued under MBR CRB 2580/19, appellant was found guilty of two counts under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (The Act) to wit:-
Count 1- theft of trust property as defined in s 113 (2) (d) of the Act in that:-
On the 30th of August 2018 at Tsiga Grounds Mbare Harare, Sarudzai Harry (appellant) in violation of a trust agreement which required her to sell 187 packets of MAQ Surf valued at US$850 on behalf of Juliana Chimutwe (complainant) and to hand over the cash after the... More
On 6 October 2022, an appeal against the judgment of the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare, handed down on 22 June, 2022, under case number 1349/22 was upheld with costs. Reasons for the decision have been requested. These are they. More
