High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore ordered Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings,to pay $23 805 to a Harare widow Ms Scholastica Muranda who lost her husband due to electrocution. ZETDC was also ordered to pay the costs of the suit.
ZETDC negligently left a live cable on the ground and Ms Muranda’s husband accidentally stepped on it. The man died from the injury. Ms Muranda argued that her husband was the breadwinner in the family which looked up to him for support. ZETDC initially denied responsibility but later made a U-turn during trial and admitted to causing the man’s death.
When the case started, Ms Muranda claimed $90 297 but the court reduced the figure to $23 805.
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