1. This is an application for leave to file an additional affidavit in HC 345/20 (main application). The applicant seeks an order couched in the following terms:
i. The applicant be and is hereby granted leave to file a supplementary affidavit under case number HC 345/20.
ii. The applicant shall file such an affidavit within 5 days of the date of this order.
iii. There is no order as to costs. More
The two applicants who are being charged of the Criminal Law (Codification Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] approached the court through the legal practitioner of record on as application for bail pending trial. The state opposed the application. Both counsel for the applicants and respondents in addition to the written submissions orally addressed the court. More
This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicant is charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47(1) (a) of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 2nd June 2019 applicant hired the now deceased (deceased) person who was a sex worker. The two proceeded to Silver Sands Lodge in Bulawayo, at the lodge a misunderstanding ensued which degenerated into a fight. Applicant strangled the deceased resulting in her death and stole her cell phone. Applicant then stashed the body under the bed and fled from the scene. More
1. This is an application for bail pending appeal against conviction and sentence. The applicant was arraigned before the Regional Magistrates’ Court for the Western Division sitting at Bulawayo. He was charged with two counts.
2. In count 1 he was charged with the crime of attempted murder as defined in section 189 as read with section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that on the 18th November 2021 he unlawfully attempted to cause the death of the complainant by punching him with a fist once on the left cheek, hitting him... More
The appellant was employed by the respondent as an administrative clerk. During the period between 2 November 2015 and 20 November 2015 the appellant was tasked to stand in for a cash sales clerk who had proceeded on leave. It was alleged that, during that period the appellant failed to account for the sum of USD600.00 and ZAR 1730-00. He was arraigned before the disciplinary committee charged with theft. He was found guilty and dismissed from his employment with the respondent. More
This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Harare Magistrates Court (Civil) handed down on 1 March 2022 under Case number 1/22 which dismissed an application for mandament van spolie made by the Appellant against the respondents for illegally ousting Appellant from Stand number 13559 Manresa Mabvuku, Harare (the property).
The background facts are that there has been a dispute between the Appellant and the respondents over the property in question. Under case number 2689/20 an Order was granted against the Appellant in favour of the respondents to evict the Appellant from the stand in question. Pursuant to... More
I heard this matter on 16 May, 2022. I delivered an ex tempore judgment in which I granted the application as prayed. On 23 May, 2022 the respondent wrote requesting written reasons for my decision. These are they:
The respondent, a municipality which is established in accordance with the Urban Council Act, sold to the first, second, third and fourth applicants stand numbers 1051, 1043, 1044 and 1052 (“ the property/properties”) respectively. It sold the first two properties to the first and second applicants on 13 November, 2019 and the last two properties to the third and fourth applicants on... More
