NATIONAL NEWS - Former international relations and cooperation minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has been accused of deliberately misinterpreting international law to stop then Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe from facing criminal prosecution in South Africa.
Legal argument was today presented in the High Court in Pretoria, where the Democratic Alliance (DA) and AfriForum asked the court to set aside Mashabane’s decision to grant diplomatic immunity to Mugabe.
This followed an incident in August last year when the then first lady allegedly stormed into a Sandton hotel room and assaulted South African model Gabriella Engelbrecht – who was in the company of Mugabe’s sons – with an extension cord.
Freedom Under Law, the Commission of Gender Equality and the Woman’s Legal Centre Trust have also submitted legal argument in the matter as friends of the court.
Grace Mugabe ‘unlawfully shielded’ from criminal prosecution in SA
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