Judgment No. CCZ 7/16 1
Const. Application No. CCZ 17/15
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AMOS
MAKANI & OTHERS
v
ARUNDEL SCHOOL & OTHERS
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE
CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JCC,
GWAUNZA JCC, GARWE JCC, GOWORA JCC,
HLATSHWAYO JCC, PATEL JCC & GUVAVA JCC
HARARE, JULY 29, 2015 & JUNE 29, 2016
T R.. Mafukidze and D.Chimbgwa, for the applicants
A. P. de Bourbon SC, for the first and second respondents
PATEL JCC:
The four applicants are the fathers and guardians of
their respective minor daughters, all four of whom are pupils at Arundel School, a private
girls’ school situated in Harare. The first and second respondents are the Trustees and
Headmistress of the School. The third respondent is the Minister of Primary and
Secondary Education, cited in his official capacity, and the fourth respondent is the
Attorney-General, also cited in his official capacity.
The applicants seek various declarators and consequential relief in respect
of the alleged violation of their daughters’ constitutional rights. They also seek an order