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The South African High Court on Monday rescinded the government's decision to grant Zimbabwe's former first lady, Grace Mugabe, diplomatic immunity after being charged with to whip a woman with an electric cord. The young South African model Gabriella Engels who accused her of aggression was the aggressor "width =" 660 "height =" 413 "srcset =" http://nehandaradio.com/wp-content /uploads/2018/04/engels-assault-mugabe.jpg 660w, http://nehandaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/engels-assault-mugabe-300×188.jpg 300w "sizes =" (max -width: 660px) 100vw, 660px "/> The model Gabriella Engels, the woman behind the charge of assault, filed a petition last August challenging the government's decision Grace Mugabe returned to Zimbabwe immediately after the 39 South Africa granted him diplomatic immunity, allowing him to avoid prosecution .Tank in South Africa where the Democratic Alliance of Opposition also challenged the decision. [19659006] Mugabe denied Engels' assault with an electric cable, saying that an "intoxicated and unbalanced" Engels had attacked him with a knife. Afriforum, a South African defense group representing Engels, rejected the allegations as lies. Former President Robert Mugabe, 94, along with his wife, voted Monday in a Harare township during the first elections in Zimbabwe. on the ballot since the country gained independence from Britain in 1980. According to Engels, Grace Mugabe broke into the room where she was waiting with two friends in a luxury hotel in Johannesburg to meet One of Mugabe's sons last August Photographs taken by Engels' mother shortly after the incident showed nicks at the head of the manikin and bruises on her thighs. Judge Bashier Vally ruled that the decision to grant diplomatic immunity was inconsistent with the constitution. Willie Spies, a lawyer for Afriforum, said that the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) should now take steps to prosecute Grace Mugabe to seek his extradition from Zimbabwe to South Africa. The spies said that if the NPA did not act, Afriforum would start proceedings against Grace Mugabe. "The bullet is in their backyard now," Spies said, adding that Afriforum had argued that Grace Mugabe committed the attack on Engles while she was at a police station. private visit to South Africa, he did not enjoy diplomatic immunity. NPA spokesperson Phindi Mjnonondwana said the case was still in the hands of the police and had not yet been forwarded to the NPA. However, NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said that South Africa and Zimbabwe had previously cooperated to extradite suspects from one country to another. Reuters
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