Court Judgements
Masvingo High Court Judgements
The matter at hand is centred on a piece of land Subdivision 2 of Lot 12 of Lot 15 NRA, Mwenezi, Masvingo (hereinafter called the land) that was compulsorily acquired under the Land Reform Programme and leased to the applicant.
The first respondent is the previous owner of the said land.First respondent has refused to vacate the said piece of land resulting in his prosecution on a charge of flouting the Gazetted Land(Consequential Provision Act [Chapter 20:28]. He was found guilty and sentenced to a fine. He appealedagainst that decision and the High Court reserved judgment on the case.
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Appellant pleaded guilty to the offence of contravening section 10 (7) of the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] (fail to comply with terms and conditions of a protection order). More
This application came by way of a chamber application.
Applicant holds an offer letter wherein he was offered Stand 47 in Mont Dor South Farm, Shurugwi measuring 4 hectares. The offer letter is dated 9 February 2010. According to the founding affidavit the following transpired. More
This judgment is given in default of appearance by the respondents. I am much concerned by the conduct of the officials from the office of the Attorney General, the second respondent herein. More
This judgement has been necessitated by the decision I made with the concurrence of MAFUSIRE J in the appeal case of Tatenda Mhango and 2 ors vs The State HMA 33/19. In that criminal appeal judgement we upheld the appeal in respect of the mandatory minimum9-year jail term on the basis that a pangolin was not a specially protected animal for purposes of section 128 of the Parks and Wildlife Act[Chapter 20:14]. This was contrary to other earlier decisions we and other judges had made in previous cases dealing with accused persons convicted for pangolin related offences. More
