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The applicant is a self-employed taxi driver. On 12th March 2022 he was arraigned before a Magistrate at Bulawayo facing one count of theft as defined in section 113 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). The applicant denies the allegations. On his initial appearance in the Magistrates Court applicant was denied bail pending trial on the ground that he had a previous conviction. This is an application against the refusal of bail. The application was opposed by the state. More

1. This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates’ Court sitting in Bulawayo. Appellant was charged with the crime of contravening section 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 09:23]. She appeared in court and was released on bail pending trial. More

This is an appeal against a judgment by a Magistrate sitting at Gweru Magistrates Court. We dismissed the appeal and gave an extempore judgment. Our reasons have been requested and these are they: In the Court a quo appellant applied for custody of two minor children born of her and respondent. The appellant and respondent are husband and wife. The appellant in her founding affidavit averred as follows: On 5 November 2020 she left the matrimonial home due to marital difficulties. She sought and obtained a protection order against the respondent. Upon leaving the matrimonial home she left the minor... More

On 11 October 2016, after considering papers filed of record and hearing counsel I granted the application as prayed for by the applicant. More

This is an appeal against the decision of the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare on 12 July 2022 under case number 5010/20. More

The parties to these divorce proceedings are in agreement that their marriage has irretrievably been broken down owing to a whole range of issues bedevilling it. They trade accusation and counter accusations on the cause of this marital disharmony. They however take no issue with its dissolution. They have also since agreed on a wide array of issues including the custody of their four minor children (which is to be awarded to the defendant) and access of the minor children by the plaintiff. More

This is an application for reinstatement of an appeal, which was not deemed to have been dismissed, but was by consent, struck off at the hearing on 24 November 2020 in SC 99/20, for the reason (per para 18 of the applicant’s founding affidavit) that the applicant “had failed to file heads of argument as required by the rules of this Honourable Court”. More