Judgment No. CCZ 4/15 1
Civil Appeal No. CCZ 27/13
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MUTUMWA
DZIVA MAWERE
v
(1) REGISTRAR GENERAL (2) ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL
COMMISSION (3) PRESIDENT OF THE
REPUBLIC OF
ZIMBABWE (4) ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JA,
GWAUNZA JA, GARWE JA, GOWORA JA,
HLATSHWAYO JA, PATEL JA, & CHIWESHE AJA
HARARE, JUNE 26, 2013
F. Mahere, for the applicant
T. Todhlana, for the first respondent
T.M. Kanengoni with C. Nyika, for the second respondent
No Appearance for the third & fourth respondents
GARWE JA
(1)
This is an application, filed on the basis of urgency, in which the applicant seeks a
declaratur that, being a citizen by birth, he is entitled to dual citizenship and that the
law does not require of him to renounce his foreign citizenship before he can be
issued with a Zimbabwean national identity document.
(2)
After hearing submissions from counsel, the court issued the following order:“It is ordered that:-