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Inadmissible Evidence re: Approach, Illegally or Unlawfully Obtained or Tainted Evidence and the Exclusionary Rule

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SC25-12 : MINING INDUSTRY PENSION FUND vs DAB MARKETING (PRIVATE) LIMITED
Ruled By: ZIYAMBI JA, GARWE JA and MAKARAU JA

In summary therefore, in terms of section 36(4) of the Civil Evidence Act [Chapter 8:01], it was not competent for the respondent to lead any evidence to disprove an admission that it had made without first withdrawing the admission. Such evidence, being at law incompetent, was inadmissible. It was a further error on the part ...
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HH113-09 : DIDYMUS MUTASA vs NGONI NDUNA N.O. and ATTORNEY-GENERAL and COMMISSIONER-GENERAL OF POLICE and ROBERT MCKERSIE
Ruled By: PATEL J

The applicant herein is the Minister of State responsible for Presidential Affairs. He was formerly the Minister responsible for Land Reform and Resettlement. The applicant originally sought an order, inter alia, staying and eventually setting aside the execution of a warrant of arrest issued against him on the 6th of ...
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HH281-10 : MINING INDUSTRY PENSION FUND vs DAB MARKETING (PRIVATE) LIMITED
Ruled By: KUDYA J

In any event, the evidence of Alfred Chitambo, the Workshop and Maintenance Manager of the defendant, who boasted 38 years of experience on the job, established that the defendant religiously cleaned the gutters of any sand and other debris to prevent any blockages. Meeting Gomba attempted to dispute this by averring that he had received ...
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HHH190-16 : THE STATE vs FORTUNATE NSORO
Ruled By: CHITAPI J and ASSESSORS: SHENJE and BARWE

A lot of cases come before the courts in which a spouse will have invaded the private communications of another by going through messages and other communications on the other spouse's phone. This practice should be deprecated. It amounts to investigating or eavesdropping on one another.Usually, spouses who do this ...
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SC11-12 : JESTINA MUKOKO vs THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Ruled By: CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, SANDURA JA, ZIYAMBI JA and GARWE JA

This case is about a permanent stay of a criminal prosecution because of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment to which the applicant was subjected by State security agents prior to being brought to Court on a criminal charge.Jestina Mukoko (hereinafter referred to as (“the applicant”) appeared before a magistrate ...
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SC11-12 : JESTINA MUKOKO vs THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Ruled By: CHIDYAUSIKU CJ, MALABA DCJ, SANDURA JA, ZIYAMBI JA and GARWE JA

THE SECOND GROUNDEffect of Pre-charge Abduction and Violation of section 15(1) on Criminal ProsecutionThe second ground on which the validity of the decision to institute the criminal prosecution was challenged was that the prosecution was unlawful because it was based on information or evidence obtained from the applicant by infliction ...
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HH557-17 : ZVIDZAI MARANGE vs BERNARD MARANGE and MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION and PRESERVATION OF NATIONAL CULTURE and HERITAGE and PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE
Ruled By: MANGOTA J

Chikwavadombo Mastick Marange [“Chikwavadombo”] died on 8 September 2005. He was the substantive Chief Marange. Two persons acted in his place and stead, each in turn, after his death. These were one Ringisai Noah Marange and one Gilbert Marange.The first respondent eventually succeeded him as Chief Marange.The process of selecting ...
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HH424-13 : HONEY AND BLANCKENBERG vs LOURENCE ERASMUS VERMAAK and OTHERS
Ruled By: TSANGA J

The BackgroundThe applicant, Honey and Blanckenberg, instituted interpleader, in terms of Rule 30 of the High Court Rules, for the court to declare to whom it should pay an amount of $70,000 currently held in trust as rentals for certain companies.According to the applicant's affidavit, the companies in question are ...
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HH443-15 : MHANGURA COPPER MINES LIMITED vs TAYENGWA MUSKWE
Ruled By: HUNGWE J

A point in limine is a motion moved by one of the parties to litigation at the very beginning of proceedings aimed at usually pulling the rug from under the feet of the other party, so to speak.In limine motions are designed to facilitate the management of a case, generally, ...
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SSC62-21 : KIZITO MUTSURE vs THE STATE
Ruled By: MAVANGIRA JA, UCHENA JA and MAKONI JA

This is an appeal against the conviction and sentence of the appellant by the High Court on a charge of murder.The appellant was charged with murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegation was that on 23 October 2011, at ...
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SSC84-21 : TAFADZWA MAPFOCHE vs THE STATE
Ruled By: GWAUNZA DCJ, MAKARAU JA and MAVANGIRA JA

The appellant and another, who is not a party to this appeal, appeared before the High Court sitting at Harare, charged with one count of murder.After a contested trial, they were found guilty of murder with actual intent and were sentenced each to 25 years imprisonment.It was the finding of ...
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HB25-15 : DORCAS MHLANGA vs BENJAMIN PHAKATSHANE
Ruled By: MUTEMA J and MOYO J

The late Addison Mhlanga was of Malawian extraction who came and naturalized himself in Zimbabwe.He married one Dinah Ndlovu but did not have children. The two then adopted Esther Ncube (nee Nkala) as their child. Dinah Ndlovu pre-deceased Addison Mhlanga. Addison Mhlanga died intestate on 22 September 2003 at age ...
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HH79-12 : MARIANE SABETA vs COMMISSIONER GENERAL ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY
Ruled By: MATHONSI J

This is an application for an order compelling the respondent to assess capital gains tax payable in respect of the sale of Stand 965 Mabelreign Township, Harare and to receive such tax from the Deputy Sheriff for Harare on the pain of costs of the application.The said property is currently ...
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HHH143-18 : STATE vs JAMES ACKIM and LAMECK ACKIM
Ruled By: KUDYA J and ASSESSORS: MHANDU and CHIVANDA

The two accused persons are brothers. They were jointly charged with the murder of Jokonia Choga Muunganirwa at Chemhanza Hill in Chevakadzi Resettlement Area in Bindura on 31 January 2010. They were alleged to have caused his death by assaulting him indiscriminately all over his body and stoning him on ...
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HHH220-16 : THE STATE vs GEORGE LOVELL
Ruled By: MUSAKWA J

The accused pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder. The incident took place in 2012.During the course of the trial, the State sought to produce extra-curial statements recorded from the accused. The defence challenged the admissibility of the statements.A trial on the separate issue ensued and this is the ...
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HHH15-10 : THE STATE vs ROY LESLIE BENNNET
Ruled By: BHUNU J and ASSESSORS: MUSENGEZI and CHIVANDA

In this case, the State is seeking the impeachment of its main witness, one Michael Peter Hitschman, in terms of section 316 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] on the grounds that the witness has materially departed from his previous statements.The section provides that:"316 Impeachment and support ...
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HHMA56-19 : THE STATE vs WONDERFUL MANJORO
Ruled By: MAWADZE J and ASSESSORS: CHADEMANA and MUSHUKU

The accused, who resides in Village 25, Chief Sengwe, Chiredzi, is facing two counts.In Count 1, the accused is facing the charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23], in that, on 18 June 2015, at Gonowani Village, Headman Mpapa, ...
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