The applicant approached this court on an urgent basis seeking the relief couched in the following way:
“TERMS OF FINAL ORDER
That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms:
1. Application to have the Chamber Application for Contempt of Court case no. HC8050/22 set down on the urgent roll be and is hereby granted More
This is an appeal against conviction and sentence. The appellant was convicted of rape as defined in s 65(1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. He was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment of which three years was suspended for five years on condition that during that period he does not commit an offence of a sexual nature for which he is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. More
At the time Appellant was charged with misconduct, he was employed by Respondent as Acting Chief Executive Officer. Appellant’s substantive position at the time was Finance Manager. It was alleged that Appellant had failed to declare or disclose that he had an interest in the oil industry despite having signed a memorandum during the course of his employment that he was enjoined to make such disclosure. Appellant is alleged to have dishonestly denied having such interest in the oil industry. He was subsequently charged with contravening section 4 (a) of the Model Code, Statutory Instrument 15 of 2006. He was... More
On 16 May 2022 this Court (HON. MANGOTA J) issued an order (the Order) in an application HC 5689/21 pitting first respondent (applicant therein) against applicants in casu and the rest of the respondents. The order read as follows:
1. Applicant’s papers to serve as its summons.
2. Applicant to prepare, file and serve upon the respondent its declaration on or before 31 May 2022.
3. Respondent’s notice of opposition to serve on (sic) its notice of appearance to defend.
4. Respondents to prepare, file and serve upon the applicant its plea on or before 14 June 2022.
5. Thereafter... More
This application was dismissed on the date of hearing. A request has been made for reasons for the dismissal. These are they.
Applicant is facing a single count of contravening section 65 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations are that in March 2019 the applicant raped his 16 year old biological daughter. The complainant reported the matter to her uncle who took her to the police and filed a report. More
This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Harare handed down on 21 November 2018 convicting the appellant of murder with actual intent as defined in s 47 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the “Act”) and sentencing him to death. The automatic appeal is against the sentence of death. After hearing submissions from counsel for both parties we with their consent dismissed the appellant’s appeal and indicated that reasons would follow in due course. These are they. More
This is an application for declaratory relief wherein applicant is seeking that:
1. Section 156(1)(a)(b)(c) and (e) as read with section 155 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (THE CODE);
2. Section 157(1) (a) and (b) of the CODE and
3. Section 3 as read with section 6 of the Dangerous Drugs Act [Chapter 15:02] (THE DDA) and section 4(a) and 6(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Regulations 1975 (Rhodesia Government Notice No. 1111 of 1975) as amended by Statutory Instrument 409 of 1999 Regulations No. 4 (THE REGULATIONS). More
