On 27 June 2024 applicant applied to this Court for rescission of judgement and condonation of late filing of Notice of Response. The application was made in terms of Rule 40 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017 More
Applicant applied to this Court for rescission of judgment in terms of Rule 40 of the Labour Court Rules, 2017. Respondent opposed the application.
In its papers respondent raised 3 points in limine. However, at the onset of oral argument it abandoned the first and last points.
The remaining point in limine was to the effect that the application is fatally defective for failure to comply with the Court’s Rules. More
This is an action for damages for malicious prosecution. The plaintiff claims the sum of USD$20 000.00 for emotional stress; USD$30 000.00 damages for his reputation; and USD$10 00.00 for legal costs incurred during the prosecution. The defendant did not file a notice to defend, resulting in the matter being set down on the unopposed roll. After hearing plaintiff’s counsel, I dismissed the claim in an ex-tempore judgment. The plaintiff has requested written reasons for the decision to dismiss his claim. These are they.
[2] The defendant is seventy-one-years old. She has children with the late Slyvester Benyure, and the... More
The first applicant is the Combined Harare Residents Association, a voluntary association or common law universitas which represents the interests of the residents of Harare in political and civil matters. The second applicant is Allan Norman Markham, an activist and former member of Parliament for Harare East constituency. The first respondent is the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, a constitutional commission established in terms of s 238 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, whose functions include the conducting of elections in Zimbabwe and the obligation to delimit constituencies, wards and other electoral boundaries. The second respondent is the President of the Republic of... More
Summons, in this case, was issued on the 5th of September 2023. Plaintiff stated in the declaration that she married the Defendant on 22 May 2004 in terms of the then Marriage Act [Chapter 5:11] now Marriages Act [Chapter 5:17]. The marriage was blessed with four children, three of whom are still minors. The marriage relationship has irretrievably broken down to such an extent that there are no reasonable prospects of the restoration of a normal marriage relationship. She proposed that she be awarded custody of the minor children with Defendant having access. She also proposed that Defendant pays all... More
MAMBARA J: The application is one for admission to bail pending the determination of an appeal noted against a conviction for attempted murder and the attendant sentence. The applicant is a youthful-looking man of twenty-eight years who was released from prison only last year after serving an effective four-year term arising from a previous six-year sentence for the very same offence. Within twelve months of breathing the air of freedom he again set upon a defenceless victim, this time a uniformed police officer who was peacefully executing his duties, and felled him with a stone weighing almost two kilogrammes. He... More
On 16 January 2024 the applicant in this matter was under the Police Act, convicted and sentenced to 14 days imprisonment by the first respondent. He went on to appeal against this conviction which appeal was however dismissed by the second respondent. Following these events, applicant proceeded to apply for review in this court, challenging the decisions of both the first and second respondents filed under case HCH 2377/24. The court noted that this application was filed out of time after which the applicant attempted to rectify through an application for condonation under case HCH 682/25. The matter is still... More
