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A total of 209 people were electrocuted in the country in the last seven years in 400 electricity-related accidents, an official of the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said on Wednesday.

The decision by Chief Justice Luke Malaba to unlawfully allow a High Court judge who resigned following corruption investigations to come back to write outstanding judgements without being first cleared is likely to worsen criminality with impunity a legal expert told Nehanda Radio. Justice Webster Chinamora was quick to resign after President Emmerson Mnangagwa had appointed a tribunal to investigate him over allegations of corruption and incompetence. The charges include a report that Chinamora illegally made a ruling on a case that he did not hear.

Judgement in the case where Pius Jamba Mukandi is accused of killing Citizens Coalition of Change (CCC) activist, Moreblessing Ali in cold blood in June last year has been set for December 4.

Three members of a family were arrested for extortion after they forced the complainant to part with US$100 000 so that they would not report him to the police after suspecting him of having stolen the money in South Africa.

Police in Zimbabwe arrested a 22 year-old man on allegations that he moved around a shopping centre in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza while calling for the overthrow of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party. Blessing Mhembere is also accused of having asked those with guns to bring them along so that he can use them.