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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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SC07-17 : CHRIS STYLIANOU and FRED DRIVER AND SONS (PVT) LTD and D.R. HENDRY (PVT) LTD vs MOSES MUBITA AND 25 OTHERS
Ruled By: GWAUNZA JA, GUVAVA JA and BHUNU JA

This is an appeal against the entire judgment of the Labour Court sitting at Bulawayo, handed down on 18 January 2010. After reading documents filed of record and hearing counsel, we made the following order:“IT IS ORDERED:1. The appeal be and is hereby allowed.2. There shall be no order as ...
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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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HMA13-19 : CONCILIA CHINANZVAVANA vs MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS and OTHERS
Ruled By: MAFUSIRE J

Section 251(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe says:“For a period of ten years after the effective date, there is a commission to be known as the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission consisting of –”The rest is not immediately relevant.The applicant is a Member of Parliament for the House of Assembly ...
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HH586-15 : TEMBA MLISWA vs THE CHAIRPERSON (ZEC) and ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION and OTHERS
Ruled By: UCHENA J

The applicant is an independent candidate for the Hurungwe West By-Election scheduled for 10 June 2015. He, by ordinary application, applied for an order suspending the holding of elections in Hurungwe West on 10 June 2015 due to alleged violence and intimidation.In the alternative, he seeks orders compelling the first ...
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SC21-18 : EASTER MZITE (as Executrix Dative Estate Late Chemayi Joseph Mtize) vs DAMAFALLS INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD and MASTER OF THE HIGH COURT
Ruled By: BHUNU JA

Rule 30 of the Supreme Court Rules 1964 requires, that, where leave to appeal is not necessary the aggrieved party must appeal to this court within 15 days of the date of judgment.
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HH670-15 : THE SHERIFF OF THE HIGH COURT vs NOMVUYO MADZIRO and ANESUISHE MADZIRO and RUVARASHE MADZIRO and CBZ BANK LIMITED
Ruled By: MATANDA-MOYO J

When a court order provides a time limit within which to do something, I am of the view, that, such time limits ought to be followed. Failure to comply with such time limits lead to lapsing of the rights conferred therein.The law helps those who are awake and not the ...
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CC14-20 : HILTON CHIRONGA and RASHID MAHIYA vs MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS and MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS and MINISTER OF DEFENCE and GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE
Ruled By: MALABA DCJ, ZIYAMBI JCC, GWAUNZA JCC, GARWE JCC, GOWORA JCC, HLATHSWAYO JCC, PATEL JCC, BHUNU JCC and UCHENA JCC

One of the crucial elements of the new constitutional dispension ushered in by the 2013 Constitution is to make a decisive break from turning a blind eye to constitutional obligations. To achieve this goal, the drafters of the Zimbabwean Constitution Amendment (No.20) Act 2013 (“the Constitution”) adopted the rule of ...
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HH264-21 : MUSA KIKA vs MINISTER OF JUSTICE LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS and THE CHIEF JUSTICE HONOURABLE LUKE MALABA N.O. and OTHERS
Ruled By: ZHOU J, CHAREWA J and MUSHORE J

IntroductionThis judgment is in respect of two matters, HC2128/21 and HC2166/21. The two matters were heard together because the substance of their complaints is the same.Both matters were brought by way of application. HC2128/21 was instituted as an urgent court application while HC2166/21 was brought as an urgent chamber application.Both ...
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