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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86815, member: 27"]
Low-hanging power lines just cost ZESA Holdings over US$66 000 after two children were left with brutal burn injuries.

High Court ruling against ZESA
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[*]Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority got hit with compensation orders.
[*]Bulawayo High Court judges Evangelista Kabasa and Justice Dube ruled for the minors.
[*]Victims are from Mangwe in Matabeleland South Province.
[*]The court blamed gross negligence by ZESA employees.
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Case of the 11-year-old
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[*]Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights represented the child through Prisca Dube.
[*]Summons was filed on 14 August 2024 against the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company.
[*]Justice Dube directed payment of US$50 000 within two months.
[*]ZETDC had argued the damages claim was excessive.
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Case of the 14-year-old
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[*]Electrical burns sent the teen to St Anne’s Hospital in Brunapeg.
[*]United Bulawayo Hospitals later performed surgery on his right arm.
[*]Injuries left him with a 32 percent cumulative disability.
[*]Justice Kabasa ordered US$16 000 paid within 60 days.
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Insurance limit and settlement
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[*]Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company first rejected liability.
[*]Utility later tabled a US$16 000 settlement offer.
[*]Parents accepted the amount capped by insurance coverage.
[*]Payment must be made under the January 2026 order.
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