1. Applicant appeared before first respondent (“the trial magistrate”) facing a charge of incitement to commit public violence.
2. Applicant did three things-all in one breath. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, amplified this plea with a defence outline, and excepted to the charge.
3. The sum total of the complaints raised in the exception was that the charge disclosed no offence cognizable at law.
4. The exception was dismissed by the trial magistrate who ordered the matter to proceed, subject to an amendment to part of the charge.
5. The ruling prompted applicant to file the present application... More
This is an application for reinstatement of an application for condonation for late noting of an appeal which was deemed abandoned in terms of the Rules of this Court Statutory Instrument 150 of 2017 (S.I.150/17). It is opposed. More
This is an opposed court application in which the applicant seeks the suspension of the council of the 1st respondent pending a forensic audit and that during such suspension the affairs of the 1st respondent be managed by the board appointed on 22 June 2023. The 1st and 2nd respondents opposed the application and raised some preliminary points. Likewise, the applicant has also raised some preliminary points. More
The applicant was employed by the respondent as the City Architect, for the city of Harare. As part of his duties there were at least twelve projects which required his expertise, supervision and leadership. Targets were set following agreement between him and his superior .The targets were not met. This resulted in him facing disciplinary proceedings.At the conclusion of the disciplinary proceedings he was dismissed from the respondent’s employ on 3 July 2019 for ‘gross incompetency or inefficiency in the performance of his work’ in violation of s4(f) of the Labour (National Employment Code of Conduct) , Statutory Instrument 15... More
On 27 April 2017 the fourth respondent (Turfwall Mining) obtained a provisional order against one Siphiwe Dube (Dube), interdicting her and all her employees from conducting all forms of mining on the five disputed claims pending confirmation or discharge of the provisional order. The disputed claims are the following: - Legion C claim number 102224BM; Legion D claim number 10225BM; Legion F claim number 10226BM; Legion 13 claim number 33216 and Legion 14 claim number 33217. Dube appealed the provisional order to the Supreme Court, and in Dube v Turfwall & Ors SC 10/17 the court found that she lied... More
This is an application which the applicants have named an “Urgent chamber application for stay of execution”. The relief sought is a provisional order. The interim relief sought is an order to ‘stop’ the respondent from executing of a seizure order issued by this court on the 21 September 2022 under case number HACC 24/22 in terms of s 47 of the Money Landing and Proceeds of Crime Act [Chapter 9.24] pending the determination of an application for rescission of judgment filed under case no HACC 33/22. The draft final relief is identical to the interim relief sought, perhaps by... More
