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This is an application for leave for direct access to the Court brought in terms of s 167(5)(a) of the Constitution as read with r 21 of the Rules of the Constitutional Court 2016. The applicants are a group of persons residing on a piece of land over which the second respondent claims ownership. They intend to approach the Court under s 24 of the Constitutional Court Act, 2021 for the rescission of a judgment of the Court issued under CCZ 43/15. More

1. This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicants with other persons who are not part of this application are being charged with two counts, in count 1 they are charged with the crime of contravening section 82(1) of the Parks and Wildlife Regulations S.I. 326/1990 as read with 123 (1) (B) of the Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 20:14] (acquire, possess, sell or transfer raw unmarked ivory without a permit). It being alleged that on the 27 April 2022, at around 1800 hoursaccused 1, 2, 3 and 4 who are not part of this application where spotted along... More

This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal handed down on 15 April 2021 as judgment number HH 167-21, under case number LPDT 09/18. The Disciplinary Tribunal (the Tribunal) found the appellant guilty of conduct that was unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy of a legal practitioner and ordered the deletion of his name from the register of Legal Practitioners, Notaries Public and Conveyancers. More

Whatthe applicant LloydMadyegasva hereinseeks, isan order to the effectthat apropertydescribedasStand 196 HillsideSouth,Township 14 of Matsheumhlope, in Bulawayo,which hepurchasedfrom oneDeclan Patrick Joseph Kelly, thethirdrespondent,wasdone with thefullknowledge of KingdomBank thefirstrespondent,as it was then known. More

This is an application for a compelling order. Its genesis is that: The first Respondent is a body corporate involved in the business of land development and related transactions. Sometime in 2013 the Applicant purchased a piece of land from the second Respondent and reduced that purchase into writing on 24 July 2013. The piece of land in question is situate in an area which was/is being developed by the first Responded. It is common cause that pursuant to the sale agreement between the Applicant and the second Respondent the applicant approached the first Respondent for the purposes of the... More

The background facts are largely common cause. The appellant is a transporter of note while the respondent is a fuel monger. They have a long standing business relationship whereby the respondent has been supplying the appellant with bulk fuel over the years. On 1 November 2018, the parties entered into a sale agreement in terms of which the respondent sold and the appellant purchased 150 000 litres of diesel. More

The applicant appeared at Tredgold Magistrates Court, Bulawayo for an initial remand on 1st December 2021 facing a charge of murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23). Applicant was remanded in custody pending trial. This application is motivated by the applicant’s desire to secure his release on bail pending his trial. The application is opposed by the state. More