On 15 November 2022, I delivered an order to the effect that:
“1. The application for review be and is hereby granted.
2. The determination by the 1st Respondent, which was delivered on the 19th July 2022 be and is hereby set aside.
3. The proceedings that led to the determination in clause 2 above be and are hereby quashed in their entirety and that the matter is remitted back for rehearing by a different administrative authority appointed by the 3rd respondent or his assigned delegates.
4. There shall be no order as to costs.” More
This is an opposed application for the upliftment of a bar in terms of the R39(4)(a) of the High Court Rules 2021 arising from the applicant’s failure to serve the other party their notice of appearance to defend timeously. More
The applicants are facing eleven counts of robbery as defined in section 126 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23), one count of money laundering in violation of section 8 (1) (a) (b) of the Money Laundering and Proceeds Crime Act (Chapter 9:24) and one count of contravening section 4 of the Firearms Act (Chapter 10:09). Applicants deny any involvement in the commission of the offences. They claim that they have been wrongly implicated in these charges. More
After hearing this opposed matter, I rendered an ex tempore judgment and dismissed the application. Applicant has requested for reasons for judgment. These are they:
Applicant sought an order in the following terms:
“1. The application for unlawful detention be and hereby granted and applicant be released conditionally or unconditionally (sic).
2. The applicant be and is hereby granted leave to prosecute the application in person.
3. There shall be no order as to costs.” More
The facts appear in applicant’s founding affidavit. Applicant occupied a piece of communal land in Chibvembe Village, Chief Katerere in Nyanga in 2004. He established a homestead, cattle pens and temporary structures. He is not an illegal miner nor an illegal occupier. However his homestead is surrounded by mining claims, Chisero Mining Syndicate is located at a distance of 500m from his homestead. The record shows a history of court cases brought against the applicant however among all those papers is no extant order against the applicant.
On 8 February 2022 a group of police details, members of the army... More
The applicants were convicted of theft of Trust property as defined in s 113 (2) (d) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] as read with s 277 (3) of the code. After a protracted trial in the Regional magistrate court they were duly convicted and sentenced for the offence. During trial there were 3 accused that is including the company in which the two applicants are directors. Upon sentencing the first accused that is the company for the obvious reason that it is a legal persona was sentenced to pay a fine or in default a... More
This is an application for condonation for late noting of appeal and for extensive of time within which to make the appeal if condonation is granted. More
