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Grace Mugabe flies home to Zimbabwe with diplomatic immunity
Source: Associated Press
Grace Mugabe flies home to Zimbabwe with diplomatic immunity
Associated Press
Sunday 20 August 2017 19.12 BST
Grace Mugabe, the wife of the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, flew home from South Africa on Sunday after being granted diplomatic immunity from being prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a young model in Johannesburg.
State broadcaster ZBC showed her greeting government and military officials at the airport in Harare after returning on an Air Zimbabwe plane with her husband, who had attended a summit of southern African leaders in Pretoria.
The Mugabes did not attend a state funeral for a senior ruling party official later that day in the Zimbabwean capital, although the president usually presides over such events.
South Africa’s foreign minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, granted the immunity in a notice published on Sunday that recognised “the immunities and privileges of the first lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe”.
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Associated Press
Sunday 20 August 2017 19.12 BST
Grace Mugabe, the wife of the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, flew home from South Africa on Sunday after being granted diplomatic immunity from being prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a young model in Johannesburg.
State broadcaster ZBC showed her greeting government and military officials at the airport in Harare after returning on an Air Zimbabwe plane with her husband, who had attended a summit of southern African leaders in Pretoria.
The Mugabes did not attend a state funeral for a senior ruling party official later that day in the Zimbabwean capital, although the president usually presides over such events.
South Africa’s foreign minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, granted the immunity in a notice published on Sunday that recognised “the immunities and privileges of the first lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/20/grace-mugabe-granted-diplomatic-immunity-after-alleged-attack
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