1. This is an appeal against both conviction and sentence.
THE BACKGROUND
2. The appellant was convicted by the Magistrates Court on a charge of unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs as defined in s 156(1)(c) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code).
3. She was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment of which 1 year imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour.
4. The Court a quo found that the appellant, who resided in Msasa Park in Harare, had unlawfully dealt in two hundred and seventy-one kilogrammes of... More
On 12 July 2022, after hearing submissions by the parties on the special plea in bar in respect of plaintiff’s summons and declaration, I issued an ex tempore ruling upholding the special plea.
The plaintiff has requested written reasons. These are they;
On 13 May 2022 plaintiff issued summons against the defendant claiming ZWL $60 000 000-00 being damages for pain and suffering which arose out of an accident suffered by plaintiff while he was barring down a rock during the scope of his duties.
Plaintiff suffered injuries in his lumbar lordosis, central intervertebral disc, protrusion at LA, mild to... More
On 1 September, 2021 the defendant’s customs officials placed the plaintiff’s truck and trailer under notice of seizure. The truck, 2012 Freightliner Columbia Horse, bears registration number AEZ 0647. It was pulling a 2012, Henred Tridem Trailer which bears registration number AFJ 8260 More
This is an application for the rescission of a judgement made by this court reinstating the respondent employer into his position in a labour dispute pitting him and the applicant employer. More
This is an appeal against conviction and sentence. The appellant, charged with the crime of theft as defined in s 113 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] was, following a protracted trial, convicted of stealing a 500 kva transformer serial number T9294LC14 belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). The offence was committed on 4 July 2013 at the ZETDC Mabelreign Depot, Mabelreign Shopping Centre, Harare. For his troubles, the appellant was sentenced to twenty-four months imprisonment of which six months imprisonment was suspended for five years on the usual conditions... More
This is an urgent chamber application, filed on a certificate of urgency, for leave to execute an order of this Honourable Court pending the determination of an appeal noted by the first and second respondents against the judgment by the HONOURABLEJUSTICEKWENDA handed down on 16 September 2021 under judgment number HH505-21.
The background facts are that the applicant filed an urgent chamber application for an interdict under case number HC 3589/21. The application was struck off the roll because the relief sought by the applicant in the interim and final orders was found to be the same. More
The applicant seeks a review of a decision made by the first respondent in respect of his application for registration of a special prospecting license for claims at Silverside Mhangura in Mashonaland West. The first respondent rejected the applicant’s application in a letter appearing at p 44 of the record which letter will be analyzed in fuller detail in the course of the judgment, and herein after referred to as the rejection letter. More
