Court Judgements
Masvingo High Court Judgements
This was an application for bail pending trial. The facts were poorly presented. Despite several sittings; despite several supplements to the bail statement and despite several supplements to the bail response, it remained unclear what exactly had transpired. Only after some blow by blow account in less formal proceedings in Chambers did I finally grasp what had transpired before and after the applicants’ arrest. More
This matter has had a long and chequered history. In its various forms and guises, it has been in and out of this and other courts quite a few times. The dispute revolves around the ownership of a piece of land known as Subdivision 3 of Subdivision A of Imbesu Kraal (‘the property’). The applicant seeks to have the deed of transfer in favour of the 3rd respondent in respect of the property be cancelled in terms of s8 of the Deeds Registries Act, [Chapter 20:05] and that its ownership reverts to the 4th respondent. He insists that he is... More
The following are the reasons informing the ex-tempore judgment delivered on 17 April 2023 dismissing applicant’s application for bail pending trial. They (reasons) are being provided at the request of the applicants. More
The applicant was a mining syndicate. It was involved in gold mining and prospecting. In this application it sought several remedies against the first respondent in her official capacity. These were in respect of a certain gold mining block, Coronation 5, somewhere in Masvingo Province. The first respondent was the provincial mining director. More
The applicant has lodged this review application seeking the following order:
“1. The proceedings under Case No. 270/19 at Zvishavane Magistrates Court be and are hereby quashed.
2. The matter be and is hereby referred back to Zvishavane Magistrates Court for a trial de novo before another Magistrate.
3. The first and second respondents to pay costs of suit at an attorney client scale” More
