South African court annuls govt decision to grant Zimbabwe’s former First Lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity

A South African court has annulled a government decision to grant Zimbabwe’s former First Lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity in an assault case.  

The decision was “inconsistent with the constitution”, the court ruled. Grace Mugabe was accused of assaulting a young model, Gabriella Engels, in a hotel in South Africa’s main city, Johannesburg, in 2017.  

South Africa allowed Mugabe, 53, to return home after she applied for diplomatic immunity. Mrs Mugabe said at the time that she had acted in self-defence after the “intoxicated and unhinged” model attacked her in a hotel…