13 Judgment No. CCZ 1/18 Constitutional Application Nos. CCZ 39/14 and CCZ 40/14 Just as the Supreme Court held in Church of the Province of Central Africa v Diocesan Trustees, Harare Diocese 2012 (2) ZLR 392 (S) that those who secede from a church have no right to take church property with them, so too it cannot be accepted that those who secede from a church can take control of schools established by that church in order to propagate a different religious ethos. DISPOSITION The applications are dismissed with costs. CHIDYAUSIKU CJ: GWAUNZA JCC: I agree GOWORA JCC: I agree HLATSHWAYO JCC: I agree PATEL JCC: I agree GUVAVA JCC: I agree MAVANGIRA AJCC: I agree BHUNU AJCC: I agree Makombe & Associates, applicants’ legal practitioners Gill, Godlonton & Gerrans, first respondent’s legal practitioners