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Mukandi v Nyamweda and Others (1 of 2025) [2025] ZWHHC 1 (2 January 2025)
The High Court partly granted absolution from the instance: the first defendant remained liable except for permanent disability, while the second and third defendants were absolved.
S v Sande (597 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 597 (12 December 2024)
On automatic review, the High Court set aside convictions for driving without a licence and culpable homicide, finding multiple misdirections and ordering a retrial.
S v Muhwati and Another (255 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 255 (18 June 2024)
The accuseds were convicted of culpable homicide, not murder, as there was no intent to kill but negligence in their actions. Mitigating factors, including youth, remorse, restitution, provocation, and pretrial detention, justified a reduced sentence from the presumptive five years imprisonment.
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S v Rupiya (232 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 232 (6 June 2024)
The accused did not have the intention to kill the deceased but acted negligently and with excessive force, resulting in the deceased's death. The prosecution and defense agreed on the facts, and the court found the accused guilty of culpable homicide, not murder.
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Muchechesi v Musimwa (64 of 2024) [2024] ZWHHC 46 (9 February 2024)
The High Court found the defendant negligent in a 2008 motor-vehicle collision and awarded the plaintiff US$37,189 for injuries, medical costs, and future treatment.
AL Shams Global BVI Limited v Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (571 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 553 (20 October 2023)
The High Court dismissed a claim against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for losses linked to Interfin Bank’s collapse, finding no duty of care and no pleaded bad faith.
S v Samuriwo (549 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 464 (25 September 2023)
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against a culpable homicide conviction arising from a road accident at a stop sign.
S v Nyabadza (32 of 2023) [2023] ZWCHHC 22 (13 July 2023)
High Court review of a culpable homicide conviction held that the negligence particulars were poorly drafted, but the defects did not justify quashing the conviction.
Mariko and Another v Stonhill Investments (Private) Limited t/a Stohill Properties (279 of 2023) [2023] ZWHHC 241 (8 May 2023)
The High Court held an estate agency liable for a fraudulent property sale after finding negligent due diligence, lack of proper supervision, and proximate causation of the buyers’ loss.
S v Silas (861 of 2022) [2022] ZWHHC 861 (23 November 2022)
The High Court set aside a culpable homicide sentence for failing to assess negligence properly and for omitting mandatory Road Traffic Act consequences.
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