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
This is an application for an order setting aside respondent’s decision that applicant pays duty in the sum of US$16 335.60 plus ZWL 349 488.03 for missing cases of castle lite beer, lost as a result of an accident.
Briefly, the factual background of this matter is that, applicant, a clearing company, was engaged by a Zambian company to clear a consignment of liquor that was passing through Zimbabwe from South Africa. On 31 July 2021 applicant cleared the consignment.
On 3 August 2021 at around 18:30 hours and at 312km peg along the Harare – Chirundu road, the truck... More
1. This is an appeal against the decision of the judgment of the Appeal Committee at the workplace. The appellant was charged of 4 and convicted of 2 charges of acts of misconduct in terms of the employment code. A penalty of dismissal was imposed. The appeal is against both conviction and penalty. More
This is a claim based on the controversial and often emotive delict of adultery. Its controversy stems from the fact that its continued retention on our books has courted support and opposition alike in almost equal measure. Whereas its proponents justify its retention on the basis that it is an important safeguard to the sanctity of marriage and resonates with the nation’s culture and mores, its opponents on the other hand argue that the delict is antiquated and is completely out of sync with the current permissive and liberal society and above all discriminatory and therefore no longer serves any... More
1. This is an appeal against sentence only.
2. 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 twenty years imprisonment of which three years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on the usual conditions of good behaviour, to leave an effective custodial term of seventeen years imprisonment.
3. The trial court rejected the appellant’s defence that the act of sexual intercourse was consensual. Aggrieved with the conviction and sentence the appellant sought leave to appeal the conviction and sentence out of time and... More
: For wanting to be declared the lawful holder of rights, title and interests in the property known as stand number 6387 Retreat Waterfalls Harare, and for first respondent to vacate the said stand to give applicant vacant possession, applicant approached this court in terms of section 14 of the High Court Act [Chapter 7:06] (THE ACT) applying for a declaratur. More
