Category: The Courts (archives)

Supreme Court reserves judgment in top civil servant’s land dispute August 1, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Dr Ray Ndhlukula Thandeka Moyo, Court ReporterTHE Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment in a matter in which a prominent Matabeleland South commercial farmer is appealing against an order to vacate a farm that the Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, …

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Justice delivery in Zim: We need a new culture July 28, 2017 in Analysis, Comment, Opinion This is the second and final instalment in which the writer comments on the practice of striking off matters from the court roll on account of procedural technicalities. This was a speech he delivered during winter school for lawyers on July 17. Sternford …

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2 sentenced to 9 years for poisoning elephants in Zimbabwe  0 July 19, 2017 8:51 AM   The two poachers were arrested earlier this month in Dete, western Zimbabwe, after National Parks investigators posed as ivory buyers. Source: 2 sentenced to 9 years for poisoning elephants in Zimbabwe – Eyewitness News HARARE – Two men have been …

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Crowhill Farm saga ends July 19, 2017 Crime & Courts High court of Zimbabwe Herald ReporterTHE High Court has granted an application for dismissal for want of prosecution against a class action by a number of beneficiaries of stands at Crowhill Farm. In a ruling delivered yesterday, Justice Zhou found that the respondents, represented by lawyer …

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White farmer sues Mombeshora over offer letter July 14, 2017 in News A MARONDERA farmer, Stephen Worswick, who last week sued Foreign Affairs deputy minister, Edgar Mbwembwe for allegedly threatening to kill him over his piece of land, has once again approached the court seeking to compel the government to issue him with an offer letter. BY …

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‘Judge erred in State Liabilities Act matter’ July 13, 2017 in News The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday declined to entertain proceedings to invalidate the State Liabilities Act on a technical basis, after noting that the High Court judge, who invalidated the Act should not have referred the matter to the ConCourt. BY CHARLES LAITON In March this …

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Farmer seeks court protection from minister July 12, 2017 in News A MARONDERA farmer, Stephen Worswick, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking a protection order and to stop Foreign Affairs deputy minister Edgar Mbwembwe from grabbing his farm at gunpoint. BY CHARLES LAITON Worswick claimed that, last Friday, Mbwembwe gave him a …

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Govt hires private lawyer to defend State Liabilities Act July 11, 2017 in News The State has hired a private lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu, in a bid to defend the State Liabilities Act, which is being challenged by Mutare businessman, Tendai Blessing Mangwiro, in a contempt of court case involving Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo. BY CHARLES …

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Farmer sues Kanengoni-Malinga over seizure of land July 7, 2017 in News MARONDERA commercial farmer David Peter Worsely Worswick has taken Minister of State in Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s office, Tabetha Kanengoni-Malinga, and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to court over the seizure of the remainder of his farm by the minister. by CHARLES LAITON In his urgent court …

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Minister sued over farm takeover – The Standard     A Marondera farmer has dragged Lands and Land Resettlement minister, Douglas Mombeshora to court seeking to bar the government from taking over his remaining piece of land.   BY CHARLES LAITON Douglas Mombeshora In his application filed last week, Phillip Vernon Worswick said he had …

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