This matter was instituted by way of interpleader proceedings in terms of Rule 63 of the High Court Rules, 2021. The judgment creditor in this matter obtained an order against Rosywood Mahemu Estate (Private) Limited and Shandirayi Makandeni (hereinafter called “the judgment debtors”) under case number HCHC 55/24. The judgment creditor instructed the applicant to attach the property in order to satisfy the judgment debt.
The Claimant, in his capacity as Executor to the Esta 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
In the evening of 14 October 2019, the body of twenty-one-year-old Aleck Mavhiya (hereinafter the deceased) was discovered lying sprawled on the eastern side of Ntsukamini tuck shop Khongwane village in Silobela. It was alleged that he had been attacked by Prosper Bebhe (hereinafter the accused), acting in common purpose with three male accomplices Mtokozisi Nyoni, Mpatisi Nyoni and Shepherd Nyoni (hereinafter Nyoni brothers). All of the accomplices are fugitives from justice. The state alleged that the attack on the deceased was unprovoked. The accused in the company of the Nyoni brothers, struck the deceased with sticks all over the... 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 state accepted the limited plea.
With that acceptance a Statement of Agreed Facts was tendered. The facts are to the effect that on 16 December 2024 at around 0300 hours the now deceased arrived home and went to your mother’s bedroom hut intending to assault his daughter. You were attracted to your mother’s hut by the commotion. More
The deceased was struck by a stone severely injuring him, whereupon he met his death. The accused appeared charged with that murder which occurred on 26 August 2021 at deceased’s homestead. It was at the homestead that a fight broke out in which it is alleged that the accused picked a stone and struck the deceased. The deceased is alleged to have suffered injuries from which he passed on. The accused tendered a plea of not guilty to the charge duly advised by counsel. More
The accused appeared before us facing a charge of murder to which he pleaded not guilty but tendered a limited plea of guilty to culpable homicide. The state did not accept the limited plea. The matter therefore proceeded to trial. More
