STATE Versus QALANI NCUBE

Bulawayo High Court · HB-131-22 · 05 2022

MAKONESE J: There have been numerous judgments of this court which have reiterated that when judicial officers decide upon the appropriate sentences in cases involving culpable homicide arising out of road traffic accidents, regard must be had to the provisions…

BONGANI MHLANGA Versus BUSISIWE MHLANGA

Bulawayo High Court · HB-132-22 · 05 2022

Introduction 1. This is an application for rescission of judgement. The order sought to be rescinded was granted by consentin case number HC 1981/18 on the 23rd August 2018. In this application applicant seeks an order couched as follows: i.…

TOENDEPI MUKUKA Versus JOSHUA MUDZINGWA And SIMANGALISO NYANHETE

Bulawayo High Court · HB-133-22 · 05 2022

This is an application for condonation and extension of time within which to file an appeal out of time. The application is opposed by the respondents on several grounds. Respondents aver that the application for condonation is defective for non-compliance…

STATE Versus DOUBT MNCEDISI NKOMO

Bulawayo High Court · HB-134-22 · 05 2022

The accused was arraigned before a Magistrate at Plumtree on the 27th of March 2022 facing one count of culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the Criminal Law Codification & Reform Act (Chapter 9:23) as read with section…

DETECTIVE CONSTABLE ARTWELL SIBANDA And FELIX TANDI And BRAIN MUNYANYI Versus BONGANI NCUBE And SHERIFF

Bulawayo High Court · HB-135-22 · 05 2022

Applicants in this case are leaning on a slender reed. In fact, it take a measure of extreme boldness to bring an application of this nature with the hope that somehow the court would entertain the matter and grant the…

LIZWE MUNENGE And ELIJAH PHIRI Versus THE STATE

Bulawayo High Court · HB-137-22 · 05 2022

1. This is an application for bail pending trial. Applicants with other persons who are not part of this application are being charged with two counts, in count 1 they are charged with the crime of contravening section 82(1) of…

OLIVER MAHLANGU And VUSUMUZI MGUNI And MACDONALD T. MAJAYA Versus THE STATE

High Court of Bulawayo · HB 140-22; HCB 168-22; HCB 170-22; HCB 171-22 · 05 2022

The applicants filed 3 bail applications in this court on the same date. These applications relate to the same facts and hence I decided to combine the applications. I have dealt with the application in one single judgment for the…

SIBONGILE NCUBE (NEE NDLOVU) versus DUMISANI NCUBE and LORELAY INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and PERFECT CORE SUPPLIES (PRIVATE) LIMITED and THABA PATRICK MOYO and CITY OF BULAWAYO and UMGUZA RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

Harare High Court · HH 324-22 · 05 2022

That you show cause to this Honourable Court why a final order should not be made in the following terms: Pending the finalization of the divorce proceedings filed by applicant under case No. HC 1600/22: 1. 1st Respondent be and…

JOHANE MASOWE CHISHANU versus HERBERT SENDA and OWEN NEDZIWE and CHARLES NDAWANA and INNOCENT MUGUVHE and MARITA GWENZI and SANDRA MADIYE and NYIKADZINO CHINGOMA and ALETTA MUGUMBATE and MADZIMAI LUCIA and CITY OF HARARE

Harare High Court · HH 326-22 · 05 2022

On 5 April 2022 the registrar of this court drew my attention to the letter which Messrs Chimwamurombe Legal Practice wrote to him. The letter relates to this case, among others. The relevant part of the same is contained in…

SIPHO LEONARD BULLE versus BEKITHEMBA BULLE and ABDULLAH ESMAIL KASSIM and MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE

Harare High Court · HH 329-22 · 05 2022

TSANGA J: This is an application in which the applicant seeks to remove the first and second respondents as executors and testamentary trustees of the estate of the late Ernest Leonard Bulle who died in 1996. He also seeks the…

REVEREND CLIFFORD NUNU NDLOVU versus LA FONTAINE COLLEGE and OSWELL MADYA

Harare High Court · HH 330-22 · 05 2022

The appellant issued summons in the court below claiming US750.00 for the value of his generator leased to the respondents including interest at the official rate and costs on the higher scale. The respondents had failed to pay for the…

GIDEON BALOYI versus THE COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE and MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS AND CULTURE

Harare High Court · HH 333 - 22 · 05 2022

The Applicant’s case was that on the date his application for reinstatement of his application was dismissed, he together with his legal practitioner of choice did not attend court. The reason for non-attendance was that his legal practitioner a Mr…

FADZAYI MAHERE versus PETINA GAPPAH

Harare High Court · HH 334 - 22 · 05 2022

The plaintiff is suing the defendant for damages for defamation. The trial was scheduled to begin on 29 March 2022. It did not. The defendant’s counsel of choice was said to be indisposed and therefore unavailable. Amid objections by the…

RICHARD KUDZANAI CHIGUMBA versus TAURAI CLIFF CHIGUMBA and TINASHE ZENDA N.O and MASTER OF HIGH COURT DR 538/09 and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS

Harare High Court · HH 335-22 · 05 2022

In a nutshell the dispute arose over a beneficiaries’ sharing agreement entered into by members of the Chigumba Family after the death of the head of the family Stanslas Tonderayi Chigumba (the deceased). The deceased passed on on 11 December…

REGIS MAGAUZI v (1) FRANCIS JEKERA (2) SHERIFF FOR ZIMBABWE N.O

Supreme Court · SC 54/2022 · 05 2022

The dispute between the parties arose from the first respondent’s failure to settle his indebtedness to the appellant. On 15 October 2018, the first respondent signed an acknowledgment of debt acknowledging his indebtedness to the appellant in the sum of…

NONGERAYI FREEMAN Versus THE STATE

Bulawayo High Court · HB-123-22 · 05 2022

1. This is an application for bail pending appeal. Applicant and his co-accused were convicted after a full trial by the Regional Magistrate sitting at Bulawayo on the 21st January 2022, on one count of contravening section 45(1) (b) as…

FBC BANK LIMITED versus MUNYARADZI YUJINI MAJONI and PAULINA KWADZANAYI MAJONI and CLAITOS CHIDHAKWA and GIRLIE KANYE and SUCCESS AUTO (PRIVATE) LIMITED and HONEYPOT INVESTMENTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED and DOUGLAS MAKONESE and MERCY MAKONESE and KUDZAI CHIRIMA and REGISTRAR OF DEEDS

Harare High Court · HH 331-22 · 05 2022

It is pertinent to highlight the factual background to HC3727/18 in order to place the present application into perspective. The first to fourth respondents herein instituted motion proceedings in terms of Order 49 Rule 449(1)(a) of the High Court rules…

DIANA EUNICE KAWENDA Versus(1) MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (2) MINISTER OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE (3) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE

Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe · CCZ- 3 - 22 · 05 2022

The appellant and another champion of women and children’s causes and rights approached the High Court seeking in the public interest, an order the main thrust of which was to declare the criminal law which governs the age of consent…

STATE Versus PRINCE NDLOVU

Bulawayo High Court · HB-136-22 · 05 2022

This matter was referred to the Registrar by the learned Regional Magistrate at Plumtree. The accused was convicted on his own plea of guilty of contravening section 10 (1) (A) as read with section 10 (3) of the Environmental Management…

SOLOMON CHIRIPASI versus GELLY MITI

High Court of Mutare · HMT 23-22 · 05 2022

This is an opposed application for summary judgment where applicant is seeking the following relief: “1. Summary judgment in case No. HC 249/2021 be, and it is hereby granted in favour of the applicant and against the respondent. 2. The…