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Civil procedure [2025] ZWHHC 446

SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE versus DIGITAL AGRICULTURE CONSOLIDATED (PRIVATE) LIMITED and ANOTHER (446 of 2025)

SHERIFF OF ZIMBABWE versus DIGITAL AGRICULTURE CONSOLIDATED (PRIVATE) LIMITED and ANOTHER (446 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 446 (28 July 2025)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
446 of 2025

The High Court dismissed an interpleader claim over attached trucks and trailers, holding that the claimant failed to prove ownership and that the property was executable.

  • Interpleader
  • Ownership of attached property
  • Burden of proof
  • Ownership-of-attached-property
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Civil-procedure
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Criminal law [2025] ZWHHC 3

MAPINGIRE v THE STATE (3 of 2025)

MAPINGIRE v THE STATE (3 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 3 (2 January 2025)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
3 of 2025

The High Court dismissed Shelton Mapingire’s bail pending trial application, finding he had not shown fixed abode or rebutted a strong risk of absconding.

  • Bail pending trial
  • Burden of proof
  • Robbery
  • Abscondment risk
  • Equal treatment of co-accused
  • Bail-pending-trial
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Criminal law [2024] ZWHHC 584

S v Zuze (584 of 2024)

S v Zuze (584 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 584 (5 December 2024)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
584 of 2024

The conviction was based on colourless circumstantial evidence and ignored direct exculpatory evidence from state witnesses. The state failed to prove the appellant's involvement in the robbery beyond reasonable doubt, resulting in a miscarriage of justice.

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  • Robbery
  • Circumstantial evidence
  • Burden of proof
  • Appeal procedure
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWSC 94

Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd v Sheriff of the High Court Gweru N.O and Another (94 of 2024)

Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd v Sheriff of the High Court Gweru N.O and Another (94 of 2024) [2024] ZWSC 94 (22 November 2024)

Court
Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
Case number
94 of 2024

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal over a sheriff’s sale of iron ore fines, holding the appellant failed to prove ownership for actio rei vindicatio.

  • Actio rei vindicatio
  • Ownership
  • Sale in execution
  • Burden of proof
  • Joinder of parties
  • Actio-rei-vindicatio
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Criminal law [2024] ZWBHC 146

Phiri v State (146 of 2024)

Phiri v State (146 of 2024) [2024] ZWBHC 146 (24 September 2024)

Court
Bulawayo High Court
Case number
146 of 2024

The High Court in Bulawayo dismissed Joseph Phiri’s application for bail pending appeal after finding his appeal grounds were generic and lacked real prospects of success.

  • Bail pending appeal
  • Robbery
  • Conviction and sentence
  • Prospects of success
  • Burden of proof
  • Bail-pending-appeal
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWBHC 113

Bonde v National Foods Limited and Another (113 of 2024)

Bonde v National Foods Limited and Another (113 of 2024) [2024] ZWBHC 113 (5 September 2024)

Court
Bulawayo High Court
Case number
113 of 2024

The High Court dismissed an application to suspend sale in execution, finding the applicant had not proved full settlement of the debt, including the USD component.

  • Stay of execution
  • Sale in execution
  • Burden of proof
  • Costs
  • Stay-of-execution
  • Sale-in-execution
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Criminal law [2024] ZWHHC 346

Mudziwaona and Another v State (346 of 2024)

Mudziwaona and Another v State (346 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 346 (16 August 2024)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
346 of 2024

The High Court dismissed two applicants’ bail request in an armed robbery case, finding strong prima facie evidence, flight risk, and risk to investigations.

  • Bail
  • Armed robbery
  • Burden of proof
  • Flight risk
  • Equal treatment of co-accused
  • Armed-robbery
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Criminal law [2024] ZWHHC 181

THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL v DUMBU and OTHERS (181 of 2024)

THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL v DUMBU and OTHERS (181 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 181 (15 May 2024)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
181 of 2024

The High Court found that a residential stand was tainted property bought with proceeds of theft from NMB Bank and ordered civil forfeiture to the State.

  • Civil forfeiture
  • Tainted property
  • Proceeds of crime
  • Money laundering
  • Theft
  • Burden of proof
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Succession law [2024] ZWHHC 171

MAGARA and ANOTHER v MAGARA and ANOTHER (171 of 2024)

MAGARA and ANOTHER v MAGARA and ANOTHER (171 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 171 (9 May 2024)

Court
Harare High Court
Case number
171 of 2024

The High Court dismissed a challenge to a will, holding that the plaintiffs failed to prove the deceased lacked capacity in May 2017.

  • Capacity to make a will
  • Validity of will
  • Mental incapacity
  • Burden of proof
  • Capacity-to-make-a-will
  • Validity-of-will
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Civil procedure [2024] ZWMSVHC 27

Patience Kandelela v Tyson Gore

Patience Kandelela v Tyson Gore [2024] ZWMSVHC 27 (18 February 2024)

Court
Masvingo High Court

The High Court dismissed a civil appeal against summary judgment, holding that the appellant’s repayment defence was self-contradictory and not bona fide.

  • Summary judgment
  • Loan recovery
  • Burden of proof
  • Summary-judgment
  • Loan-recovery
  • Civil-appeal
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