Munesu Chigada
Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South)-As the fallout continues from the First Lady Grace Mugabe’s astonishing bashing of a South African young lady recently, a group of civic organisations have challenged the subsequent granting of immunity to President Mugabe’s wife.
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperations granted Grace immunity from arrest leading to her returning home without facing charges for beating the 20 year-old model at a Sandton hotel.
The Zimbabwean First Lady allegedly assaulted Gabriella Engels with an extension cord and severely injured her after she found her in the company of one of her two sons living and learning in South Africa, Bellarmine Chatunga.
However four pro-democracy groups have petitioned the South African High Commission challenging the credibility of the diplomatic immunity given to the Zimbabwean First Lady by South African authorities.
The four organisations, namely United Citizens Alliance, National Election Reform Agenda Youth Forum, Zimbabwe Vote 2018 and the Concerned Citizens Network said Gabriella should receive sufficient remedy for the “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment she received from Grace Mugabe”.
“We as citizens feel very unsafe with such kind of a mother, who fails to control her tempers in public domain”.
“Having been on a medical visit to South Africa, Grace Mugabe automatically was not worth receiving immunity,” said Joelson Mugari, chairperson of the United Citizens Alliance.
Grace is yet to appear in public since battering Engels
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