THE death toll from Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak soared to nearly 800 yesterday and a court ordered police to find a missing rights activist, piling more pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s government.

A Zimbabwe High Court judge ignored an order by his own court barring him from moving onto a farm confiscated from a white family, the owner of the disputed land said today.

A retired Zimbabwe High Court judge accused of corruption was freed on bail today by a magistrate who heard he was denied food, medication and access to lawyers and his family on the first day of custody.