The appellant approached this court challenging the decision of the nomination court sitting at Harare on 21 June 2023. The nomination court declined to register the appellant as the presidential candidate for the 2023 general election. The appellant’s assault of the nomination court’s decision is based on the three following grounds:
“(i) The 1st respondent erred in rejecting appellant’s nomination papers when sufficient evidence had been presented that a deposit of the prescribed nomination fee had been paid through a ZWL Bank transfer amounting to ZWL$138 531 528 using the rate of US$1:ZWL$6 926.58 as advised by 3rd respondent.
(ii)... More
The decision to launch an urgent application must be thought through as this is a special procedure meant for a party in distress who needs the court’s urgent intervention lest the party suffers harm (or is facing impending harm)the consequences of which are irreversible and cause great prejudice to the party. It is not for every instance or dispute. This is because a judge allocated a matter which appears under cover of urgency has to put any other assignment aside and give his or her attention to the purported urgent matter, hence this should be worthwhile for the attainment of... More
The plaintiffs are husband and wife. The defendant is a duly registered firm of estate agents trading under the style of Stohill Properties. The plaintiffs are victims of a fraudulent sale of a property. They lost a significant sum of their hard earned income in the hope of securing a property that they would ultimately call a home upon completion of construction. The transaction involved the defendant herein as the agent of the seller. Things went horribly wrong along the way, resulting in the plaintiffs instituting proceedings against the defendant. More
The applicant Ellatone Bonongwe, is a legal practitioner running his own law practice in the town of Mt Darwin. He faces the robbery allegations jointly with Musa Gandi (accused 2), Agness Kunaka (accused 3), Raby Gwenya (accused 4) and Tafadzwa Obrey Chipashu (accused 5). More
This is an application for a declaratory relief where the applicant is seeking the following relief as per the draft order:
“IT IS DECLARED THAT:
a) Sections 22 and 23 of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations, 1983 are ultra vires the Commercial Premises (Lease Control) Act [Chapter 14:04] and are thereby set aside.
b) Sections 22 and 23 of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations, 1983 be and are hereby declared to be unconstitutional as they violate Sections 44, 56, 64, 71, and 86 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe No. 20 of 2013 and are accordingly invalid.
c) Respondents to pay... More
This is an appeal against a judgment of a Magistrate, refusing bail in respect of the three appellants. The appellants pray that the judgment of the court a quo be set aside and substituted with an order that they be admitted to bail with appropriate conditions. More
1. This is an appeal against sentence only.
2. The appellants separately appeared before the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare and were convicted pursuant to pleading guilty to one count each of reckless driving as defined in s 53(2) of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] (the Act).3. Both were sentenced to 18 months imprisonment of which 8 months were suspended for 3 years on condition the appellants do not within that period commit any offence involving reckless or negligent driving for which they would be sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine. The effective custodial term in... More
