{"id":411794,"date":"2017-08-15T11:09:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/15\/zimbabwes-grace-mugabe-due-in-sa-court-over-assault\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T11:09:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T11:09:01","slug":"zimbabwes-grace-mugabe-due-in-sa-court-over-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/15\/zimbabwes-grace-mugabe-due-in-sa-court-over-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe\u2019s Grace Mugabe due in SA court over assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Zimbabwe\u2019s first lady, Grace Mugabe, is to appear in court in South Africa later following reports of an alleged assault, South Africa\u2019s police minister says.<\/p>\n<p>South African media said she had handed herself over to police.<\/p>\n<p>She is alleged to have attacked a 20-year-old model at a hotel in the upmarket Sandton area of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>The woman accused Mrs Mugabe, 52, of hitting her in the face and put images of a head wound on social media.<\/p>\n<p>South African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula told reporters: \u201cShe\u2019s not under arrest because she co-operated and handed herself over to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attack is said to have happened on Sunday evening. A Gauteng provincial government minister said a case of assault had been opened by the alleged victim.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for the alleged attack is not clear.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Information Minister Christopher Mushowe told the BBC that he was unaware of the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Mugabe was in South Africa to be treated for an ankle injury, sustained during a road accident last month, when the alleged assault took place, according to Zimbabwean media.<\/p>\n<p>Because she was in South Africa on a private visit, it is thought Mrs Mugabe may not protected by diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Mugabe has not yet commented.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Zimbabwe\u2019s first lady, Grace Mugabe, is to appear in court in South Africa later following reports of an alleged assault, South Africa\u2019s police minister says. 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