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Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe Judgements

MUTUMWA DZIVA MAWERE V (1) REGISTRAR GENERAL (2) ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (3) PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE (4) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE (2013-06-26)

This is an application, filed on the basis of urgency, in which the applicant seeks a declaratur that, being a citizen by birth, he is entitled to dual citizenship and that the law does not require of him to renounce his foreign citizenship before he can be issued with a Zimbabwean national identity document. More

NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ALLIED SERVICES INDUSTRY V (1) NETONE CELLULAR (PRIVATE) LIMITED (2) THE MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE (2019-10-09)

At the hearing of the appeal against the decision of the High Court, Harare, declaring as invalid, and consequently striking down, the provisions of ss 2(a), 33 and 36 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Communications and Allied Services Industry, Statutory Instrument 1/12, the parties, by consent, requested the Supreme Court to refer for determination certain constitutional questions to this Court in terms of s 175(4) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. More

NELSON CHAMISA V (1) EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA (2) JOSEPH BUSHA (3) MELBAH DZAPASI (4) NKOSANA MOYO (5) NOAH MANYIKA (6) HARRY PETER WILSON (7) TAURAI MTEKI (8) THOKOZANI KHUPE (9) DIVINE MHAMBI (10) LOVEMORE MADHUKU (11) PETER MUNYANDURI (12) AMBROSE MUTINHIRI (13) TIMOTHY JOHANNES CHIGUVARE (14) JOICE MUJURU (15) KWANELE HLABANGANA (16) EVARISTO CHIKANGA (17) DANIEL SHUMBA (18) VIOLET MARIYACHA (19) BLESSING KASIYAMHURU (20) ELTON MANGOMA (21) PETER GAVA (22) WILLARD MUGADZA (23) ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (24) THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (25) THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (2018-08-24)

On 24 August 2018 the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) handed down the abridged version of the judgment in the case in which the applicant challenged the validity of the Presidential election held on 30 July 2018. More

NYAHONDO FARM (PRIVATE) LIMITED V (1) BRIGADIER GENERAL A.W. TAPFUMANEYI (2) MRS TAPFUMANEYI (3) THE MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE RESPONSIBLE FOR LANDS, LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT (2017-03-16)

This is an appeal against the judgment of MUSAKWA J. After hearing submissions by counsel and considering the matter, the appeal was dismissed and the Court issued the following order: “1. The appeal be and is hereby dismissed in its entirety. 2. There will be no order as to costs.” The Court indicated that reasons for judgment would follow. The file in this matter, together with a number of other similar files where judgment had been given with reasons to follow, was inadvertently filed with the completed matters. This accounts for the delay in handing down the following reasons for... More

OBEDIAH MAKONI V (1) COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS (2) MINISTER OF JUSTICE LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (2016-07-13)

The applicant in this matter was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend. Because of extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was aged 19 at the time of his conviction and has been in gaol since 1995 for almost 21 years. The gravamen of his application is that life imprisonment without the possibility of judicial review or parole is unconstitutional. More