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The Salvation Army Zimbabwe trading as Howard High School filed 3 appeals against the decisions handed down in cases concerning their employees, Gatsi, Tavayena and Kaviya. The a3 appeals were consolidated into a single appeal under LCH 21/25. This judgment therefore addresses the 3 appeal as a single appeal as all the 3 appeals raise essentially the same issues. More

The Salvation Army Zimbabwe trading as Howard High School filed 3 appeals against the decisions handed down in cases concerning their employees, Gatsi, Tavayena and Kaviya. The a3 appeals were consolidated into a single appeal under LCH 21/25. This judgment therefore addresses the 3 appeal as a single appeal as all the 3 appeals raise essentially the same issues. More

These proceedings relate to Interpleader relief sought by the Claimant pursuant to the provisions of Rule 63 of the High Court Rules S. I.202 of 2021. This court is requested to determine the competing rights of the parties in terms of Rule 63. More

The accused who is said to be a tout in Bulawayo is alleged to have committed the offence of murder in which it is alleged that he assaulted his wife to death on the 3rd of May 2023. The accused duly advised by his counsel tendered a plea of not guilty to charge. The details of the charge are as follows: More

The accused faces one count of murder in that the state alleges that the accused stabbed and killed the deceased, one Ndumiso Khumalo by stabbing him on the chest. The accused duly advised by counsel pleaded not guilty to the charge. More

The accused person has been convicted of murder with constructive intent of the deceased Viola Chitsinde, a woman with whom he had two minor children and used to stay with as his second ‘wife’, through assaults and strangulation using an electric iron power cable. The offence took place on the 28th of October 2024, at Tegwede Shop, Masiyarwa Business Centre, Zvimba. The deceased who was visibly pregnant had demanded some cash for a scan through one of the police officers at Kutama Police station who in turn had called the accused. The deceased ended up at the accused’s shop residence... More

[1] Life, is at times complicated and more nuanced than we would like it to be. No parent can imagine one of his or her child behead his sibling in their kitchen. This is what Champion Mashonga a 93-year-old man and his wife woke up to on the 14th of July 2017 at Mashonga Village, Zvipani, Magunje. The accused was arrested for the murder of his sister. [2] As if that was not enough for this elderly couple, the accused was struck with blindness on the eve of his trial. The trial was held in abeyance for the accused to... More