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CHIDEYA v MAKWAVARARA & ORS 2007 (1) ZLR 115 (H)

2007 (1) ZLR p115

Citation

2007 (1) ZLR 115 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-13-07

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Kamocha J

Heard

2 November 2006

Judgment

2 March 2007

Counsel

S Moyo, for the applicant
H Zhou, for the first to twelfth respondents

Case Type

Opposed application

Annotations

No case annotations to date

Flynote

Local government — councillors — suspension of councillors by Minister of Local Government — appointment by Minister of commissioners to run affairs of city — limited nature of such appointment — re-appointment of councillors unlawful — legislation not meant to allow Minister to avoid having a general election of councillors

Practice and procedurestare decisis — obiter dicta — what are — when a statement may be said to be obiter — persuasive nature of such statements

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