Zimbabwe Amnesty Paper
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- Date recorded
- Nov 23, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
- Transitional Justice
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This paper seeks to examine the question of amnesty and whether it is pragmatic to effect it as a healing and reconciliation mechanism within the context of Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 13, 2019
ZPP November MMR 2017
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- Date recorded
- Nov 30, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The Zimbabwe Peace project recorded an increase in Human rights violations to 190 in November 2017.Most Cases of Harassment and Intimidation were linked to the BVR exercise and the Intra-party violence within the ruling part ZANU PF.
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- Mar 14, 2019
ZPP MMR January 2017
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Trauma
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The month of January recorded many violations which were politically motivated. Most of the reported cases were harassment and intimidation of opposition political activists. Other prominent cases were those of deprivation of state sponsored food aid and inputs for farming.
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- Mar 14, 2019
Justice in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Sep 16, 2002
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- Politics & Governance
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This report seeks to trace what has happened to the legal system of Zimbabwe over the last few years, giving examples of these developments. Where it is necessary to put these developments in a broader context, details are given about developments that took place earlier in the history of Zimbabwe.
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- Mar 18, 2019
ZIB 14 0022 Baseline Report Freedom of Artistic Expression Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Jul 31, 2015
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
This report examines restrictions on freedom of artistic expression in Zimbabwe. The findings and recommendations will be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the UPR – the UN system’s official mechanism for reviewing all member states human rights records in cycles of four and a half years.
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- Mar 18, 2019
ZHRC Consolidated Food Aid Report August 2016
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- Date recorded
- Aug 31, 2016
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- 2008 & Beyond
- Politics & Governance
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This report contains findings of the ZHRC pursuant to investigations conducted into the complaints of villagers from Dewure Resettlement Scheme in Bikita East Constituency of Masvingo, Wards 7 and 8 of Mazowe Central Constituency, ward 2 and 17 of Muzarabani North and South Constituencies and wards 7, 8,9,10,11,12,13 and 31 of Buhera North Constituency who alleged that they were being discriminated against during food and agriculture input distributions on the grounds that their political views were different from those of the officials who were distributing.
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- Mar 18, 2019
SC 09 2018 WEBSTER MBANGANI judgment
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- Date recorded
- Jul 17, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Court upholding the appellant’s dismissal from his employment with the respondent.On 17 July 2017, the court dismissed the appeal with costs. The appellant was in default but was aggrieved by such dismissal and wrote to the Registrar requesting reasons for the order.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 10 2018 UNITRACK (PVT) LTD v TELONE (PVT) LTD
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- Date recorded
- Sep 1, 2014
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
The appellant obtained an arbitral award dated 31 December 2008 requiring that the respondent pay it an amount equivalent to US$70 719,00 multiplied by the parallel market rate obtaining on the date of payment and within 48 hours of the uplifting of the award.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 12 2018 UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE V KWANELE jIRIRA & ANOR
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- Date recorded
- Jun 15, 2016
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- Politics & Governance
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This is a chamber application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court in terms of r 5 (2) of the Supreme Court (Miscellaneous Appeals and References) Rules, 1975.The applicant is a tertiary educational institution incorporated as such under the University of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 25:16]. Both respondents are its former workers who were employed as research fellows at its Institute of Development Studies. They were dismissed from employment by the disciplinary Tribunal on allegations of misconduct. They are alleged to have wilfully refused to obey a lawful order to be redeployed from the Institute of Development Studies offices to the University campus.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 13 2018 TIBIC INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD ANOR V KENNEDY MANGENJE 4 ORS
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- Date recorded
- Mar 1, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
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This is a hotly contested appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare, and delivered on 30 October 2013. The epicentre of the dispute is a certain piece of land in the Goromonzi District known as the Remaining Extent of Stuhm measuring 583, 1360 hectares in extent registered in the name of TIBIC INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD under Deed of Transfer 1724/2009. TIBIC INVESTIMENTS (PVT) LTD is an indigenous company in the sense that its shareholders and directors are indigenous citizens of this country. The historical background and factual basis of the case is by and large common cause.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 18 2018 Shorai Mavis Nzara judgment final
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- Date recorded
- Mar 12, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
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This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court Harare.The first appellant, Shorai Nzara, (Shorai) is the mother of the second to fourth appellants to whom she donated the property that forms the subject of this dispute. The first respondent Cecilia Kashumba N.O. was the wife of the late Dzingai Kashumba and is the executrix dative of his estate. Dzingai Kashumba (Dzingai) entered into an agreement of sale with Shorai Nzara the original owner of the property at the heart of this seventeen-year-old dispute.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 22 2018 J.C. Conolly & Sons vs R.C. Ndhlukula & Anor
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- Date recorded
- Mar 15, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
This is an appeal against the order of the High Court discharging with costs a provisional order granted in favour of the appellant on 17 June 2014.
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- Mar 19, 2019
SC 41 2018 CHOMBO v CHOMBO 1
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- Date recorded
- Jul 6, 2018
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- Politics & Governance
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This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court dated 2 July 2014 granting the respondent’s claim to the farm he is leasing from the State. The appellant was the respondent’s wife. Their marriage was solemnized on 21 May 1993 in terms of the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11].
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 15 The Prosecutor General of Zim on the Question of His Constitutional Independence
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- Date recorded
- Oct 28, 2015
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- Politics & Governance
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It is Ordered that the application be and is hereby dismissed with costs on a legal practitioner and client scale in favour of both amicus curiae.
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- Mar 19, 2019
Madanhire & Another v The Attorney General Court Order
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- Date recorded
- Sep 29, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
The Rule nisi is confirmed and an appropriation declaratur will be issued in due cause.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 13 ELECTION RESOURCE CENTRE & 3 0RS v PROSECUTOR GENERAL N.O. & 2 ORS
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- Date recorded
- Sep 10, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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It was ordered that the prosecution of applicants infringes their right to liberty in terms of section (49)(1) (b) of the Constitution, there being no reasonable suspicion of their having committed an offence.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 13 MUTSINZE v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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- Date recorded
- Oct 1, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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It was ordered that the application for the trial of the applicant in Case Number CRB 8/2000 to be permanently stayed be and is hereby dismissed.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 01 14 DHLAMINI & 6 OTHERS v THE STATE
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- Date recorded
- Mar 17, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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This is a referral by the High Court for determination under s 24(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe of questions of alleged violations of the fundamental rights of the applicants guaranteed under ss 13(1) (right to personal liberty); 15(1) (right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment) and 18(1) (right to the protection of the law).
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 03 14 ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION + 1 vs THE COMMISSIONER
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- Date recorded
- Mar 26, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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It was ordered that the 1st Applicant takes all the necessary steps to ensure that its officers and officers under the command of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Respondents, authorised to cast ballots in terms of section 81 of the Electoral Act [Cap 2:13] who failed to cast their ballots on the 14th and 15th of July 2013 because of the unavailability of ballot papers, be and are hereby allowed to cast their ballots on the 31st of July 2013.”
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 05 14 MADZIMBAMUTO vs REGISTRAR GENERAL + 3 ORS
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- Date recorded
- Jun 25, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth. He initially sought a declaratory order confirming his right to a Zimbabwean passport and certain ancillary relief. He also sought an order compelling the second respondent to endorse his South African passport with an unrestricted and indefinite residence permit.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 06 14 CHIMAKURE & 2 ORS v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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- Date recorded
- Jul 22, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
The court had found that s 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code had the effect of interfering with the exercise of the right to freedom of expression. It found that the applicants had discharged the onus of showing that s 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code was not reasonably justifiable in a democratic. society for the protection of the public interest in public order or public safety.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 07 14 MAYOR LOGISTICS (PVT) LTD v ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY
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- Date recorded
- Jul 22, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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This Urgent Chamber Application was placed before me because the Chief Justice was not available to hear it. The application raised two questions for determination. The first question is whether an interim order suspending the operation of legislation compelling payment by a taxpayer of the amount of tax liable to be paid notwithstanding an appeal to the Fiscal Appeal Court or pending a decision of a court should be granted pending the hearing and determination of the main application challenging the constitutional validity of the legislation by the full bench of the Constitutional Court.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 08 14 STREAMSLEIGH INVESTMENTS v AUTOBAHN INVESTMENTS
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- Date recorded
- Jul 24, 2014
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
The facts of this case are lengthy and fairly complex, but have been fairly summarised by GOWORA J in judgment no. SC 43/14. There is no point in regurgitating them. However, I will restate some of the facts for the purpose of providing a context to this judgment.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 10 14 TAYLOR FREEME v THE SENIOR MAGISTRATE, CHINHOYI & THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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- Date recorded
- Oct 8, 2014
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- Politics & Governance
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The applicants in this matter are seeking an order for the permanent stay of their prosecution on charges of fraud. They allege their constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable period, guaranteed under s 18(2) of the former Constitution,has been violated by reason of the inordinate delay by the State to bring them to trial.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 11 14 SENGEREDO v THE STATE
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- Date recorded
- Nov 10, 2014
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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This application was referred to this Court by the court a quo in terms of s 24(2) of the old Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”). The applicant was charged in the magistrate’s court with two counts of fraud as defined in s 136(B) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23].
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 1 15 CHIKUMBU v THE STATE
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- Date recorded
- Feb 17, 2015
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
This is an application referred to this Court in terms of s 24 (2) of the old Constitution. The applicant seeks an order for a permanent stay of his prosecution on the basis that his rights in terms of s 18 (1) and (2) of the old Constitution have been violated owing to the delay in finalising his trial.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 3 15 MANYARA v THE STATE
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- Date recorded
- Mar 9, 2015
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- Politics & Governance
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The applicant in this matter seeks a permanent stay of prosecution in respect of a charge that arose more than 8 years ago. He claims that his right to a fair trial within a reasonable time, as enshrined in s 18(2) of the former Constitution, has been violated.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 4 15 MAWERE v REGISTRAR GENERAL & 3 OTHERS
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- Date recorded
- Jun 26, 2013
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- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 6 15 CHIHAVA & 2 OTHERS v THE PROVINCIAL MAGISTRATE FRANCIS MAPFUMO N.O & ANOTHER
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- Date recorded
- Jul 15, 2015
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- Politics & Governance
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This is an application in terms of s 85(1(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The appellants allege that their constitutional rights as enshrined in ss 70(1(b), 70(1)(d) and 70(1)(c) have been violated through the manner in which criminal proceedings against them were conducted in the Magistrates Court sitting at Chivhu. They seek an order that the proceedings be quashed and a trial de novo ordered before a different magistrate.
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- Mar 19, 2019
CCZ 7 15 KONSON vs THE STATE
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- Date recorded
- Jul 22, 2015
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- Politics & Governance
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On 3 February 2014 under Case No HB 158/13, the High Court sitting at Bulawayo convicted the applicant of murder with actual intent to kill. After finding that there were no extenuating circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence, the court passed a sentence of death.
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- Mar 19, 2019