Court Judgements
High Court of Mutare Judgements
ZISENGWE J: This dispute is the latest instalment in a series of legal battles waged between the applicant and 1st respondent at whose heart lies the question of whether or not the 1st respondent is the legitimate surviving spouse of the late Aube Musanhu who died intestate in 2006.
The applicant is the brother of the late Aube Musanhu and his position is that the 1st respondent (as with the 2nd and 3rd respondents) is a masquerade as she was never married to Aube Musanhu. He avers that the 1st respondent was merely involved in an adulterous relationship with the... More
The applicant approached the court through the urgent chamber book on 11 March 2021. The applicant sought the following order.
“TERMS OF THE FINAL ORDER SOUGHT
1. That the decision of the respondents to expel applicant’s son namely Tyrees Knife from school be and is hereby declared null and void and of no force or effect as it was arrived as a result of procedural impropriety.
2. The applicant’s son be and is hereby allowed to remain a student at the 1st respondent while at the same time attending his lessons without any form of hindrances from the respondents.
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This is an appeal against the entire judgment of a Magistrate sitting at Mutare where the court a quo convicted the two appellants of contravening s 45 (1)(b) as read with s 128 of Parks and Wildlife Act [Chapter 2014] as read with s 2 of Statutory Instrument 71 of 2002. The two appellants were sentenced to the mandatory 9 years imprisonment. They appealed against both conviction and sentence. The appeal is opposed by the state. More
This is an application for bail pending appeal. The applicant was arraigned before the Regional Court Rusape facing allegations of rape as defined in s 65 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The applicant denied the allegation but was convicted after trial and held liable for raping a 13 year old juvenile. The applicant was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment of which 3 years imprisonment were suspended on usual conditions of good behaviour More
The appellant was convicted and sentenced by the Magistrates Court at Mutasa. He was convicted for contravention of s 29 of the Petroleum Act [Chapter 13:22] as read with Petroleum (Liquid Gas) Regulations [Chapter 13:23] operating a liquid petroleum gas retail business without a licence. The appellant was convicted after a protracted trial and sentenced to pay a fine of RTGS$ 8 500-00 or in default of payment 6 months imprisonment. Dissatisfied with the conviction the appellant lodged the present appeal with this court. More
