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Masvingo High Court Judgements

COLLEN CHIPETU VERSUS STATE (2017-02-14)

The applicant was arrested for theft of a motor vehicle. He was remanded in custody. He applied for bail pending trial. The respondent, the State, opposed the application. More

COLLEN CHIREMA VS THE STATE (2019-10-02)

The court a quo in this matter was confronted with the fact that when the complainant was arrested at his business premises in Burma Valley, Mutare by CID details based at CID Mutare he had no injuries but when he later emerged from the CID offices he had been physically violated. The issue which the court a quo had to deal with was not only whether the complainant had been assaulted at CID offices Mutare but who had assaulted him. The complainant implicated two CID details one NdiudzeiMagawa and the appellant Collen Chirema. It is therefore clear that what confronted... More

COLLET MOYO AND WISIKESI ROBERT AND BARNABAS MOZHENDI AND PRECIOUS NYIKA AND EDSON DENGU AND PUEPUETE KALUZI AND WESTON MUSONDA AND NOLEEN GEZANI AND TAPIWA KUMUTSANA AND BETTY MANDAVA AND LOVEMORE MAFIROWANDA AND FIAS MATARIRANO AND ONESMUS BHEBHE AND ELLEN MAPHOSA AND MAZURUSE MAHLASELA AND AARON DZIMIRI AND DANIEL CHINODYA AND AARON PAUNDI AND DENNIS CHADENGA AND GILBERT GUMBA AND DENNIS PARADZA AND VINCENT MOYO AND ABEL MUDADISI VERSUS SMM HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LTD (UNDER RECONSTRUCTION) T/A SMMH PROPERTIES (2022-02-28)

This is an appeal mainly against that part of the judgment handed down by the Magistrates Court sitting at Masvingo ordering the eviction of the appellants from houses belonging to the respondent. The appellants took occupation of the said houses (hereinafter referred to as “the company houses”) on account of their employment with the SMM Holdings. In the court below the respondent instituted two separate but related claims against the appellants. In the first claim it sought the eviction of the appellants from the company houses on the basis of the termination of their employment and the concomitant loss of... More

COMMERCIAL SUGAR CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION AND ZIMBABWE CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION AND ZIMBABWE SUGAR CANE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND HIPPO VALLEY PRODUCTIVE SUGAR CANE ASSOCIATION AND MKWASINE SUGAR CANE FARMERS ASSOCIATION VERSUS THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE AND TRIANGLE LIMITED AND HIPPO VALLEY ESTATES (PVT) LTD. (2017-03-07)

This matter was first placed before my brother MAFUSIRE J on 2 February 2017. The applicants successfully sought his recusal and since we are only two judges at the station the matter landed on my desk. I proceeded to set the matter down for hearing on 8 February 2017 but on that date I was advised that Counsel for all the respondents were not available due to earlier commitments. I was compelled to reschedule the matter for hearing on 15 February 2017. More

CONCILIA CHINANZVAVANA VERSUS MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS AND PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE AND THE NATIONAL PEACE & RECONCILIATION COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE (2019-03-19)

Section 251(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe says: “For a period of ten years after the effective date, there is a commission to be known as the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission consisting of –” The rest is not immediately relevant. More