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Rules of Construction or Interpretation re: Approach iro Dies Induciae, Time Limits and the Reckoning of Time

HH27-08 : EDSON NYAMAPFENI vs CONSTITUENCY REGISTRAR MBERENGWA EAST and ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION and MINISTER OF JUSTICE and DOUGLAS MOMBESHORA and CLEVER KUGOTI
Ruled By: UCHENA J

The appellant and the fourth and fifth respondents are aspiring Parliamentary candidates. The appellant's nomination papers were rejected while those of the fourth and fifth respondents were accepted by the first respondent.The second respondent is the Electoral Commission responsible for conducting elections in Zimbabwe. The third respondent is the Minister ...
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SC48-18 : THANDEKILE ZULU vs ZB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LIMITED
Ruled By: ZIYAMBI JA, GARWE JA, HLATSHWAYO JA, GUVAVA JA and UCHENA JA

This is an appeal against the entire judgment delivered..., in the Labour Court at Harare on 31 May 2013.The facts of this matter are common cause. The appellant was employed as a Clerk by the respondent from 2 September 1991 to 31 October 2009. In January 2009, the appellant fell ...
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HB129-11 : (1) DAKTYL AUTOMATIVE PL HC234/08 and (2) MATABELELAND HAULIERS PL HC1388/08 vs MATABELELAND [HAULIERS] PL and DOWOOD SERVICES PL and DAVID LUWO and DAKTYL AUTOMATIVE PL
Ruled By: NDOU J

In terms of section 33(6)(c) of the Interpretation Act [Chapter 1:10] a month is as it stands in the calendar e.g. 1 December to 31 December 2008.In the circumstances, no month begins from the middle of the month and ends in the middle of another. A calendar month runs from ...
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HH47-08 : TSITSI MUZENDA vs PATRICK KOMBAYI and ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Ruled By: KUDYA J

At the management meeting held on 21 May 2005, four preliminary issues were referred to trial. These were;(i) Whether or not the petition was served on time;(ii) Whether there was proper service on the second respondent;(iii) Whether security for costs was provided; and(iv) Whether or not the second respondent was ...
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HH45-08 : HILLARY SIMBARASHE vs ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION and MABEL CHINOMONA
Ruled By: KUDYA J

At the management meeting that was held on 21 May 2008, three preliminary issues were referred to trial. They were framed as follows:1. Whether the petition is out of time, and, if so, whether this is fatal to the petition.2. Whether the failure to file security for costs timeously renders ...
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HH20-08 : DANIEL SHUMBA vs CONSTITUENCY REGISTRAR, MR MUSHANGWE and CHAIRMAN OF ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION
Ruled By: UCHENA J

The appellant was an aspiring Presidential candidate in the 29 March 2008 harmonized elections. On the 15th of February 2008, he presented his nomination papers to the first respondent who refused to accept them.He alleges that he arrived at the Nomination Court at around quarter to four while another aspiring ...
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HHH142-10 : ALBERT MATAPO and OTHERS vs THE STATE
Ruled By: MUSAKWA J

The applicants are seeking the dismissal of the charge for which they were committed for trial on 4 June 2008 on the basis that they were not brought to trial within six months of such committal.The facts, as set out in counsel for the applicant's founding affidavit, are that the ...
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SC19-21 : CHEVHU HOUSING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED AND OTHERS vs CREST BREEDERS INTERNATIONAL (PVT) LTD AND MINISTER OF LANDS AND RURAL SETTLEMENTS
Ruled By: BHUNU JA, MATHONSI JA and KUDYA AJA

The appellants are nine cooperative societies which have been dishing out residential Stands at a piece of land known as Saturday Retreat Estate (the land) for quite some time. The land is held by the first respondent by Deed of Transfer number 4035/86 and was acquired by the Government of ...
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