The South African government has granted diplomatic immunity to Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe, after she allegedly physically assaulted a woman a hotel room in Johannesburg.
Days after a 20-year-old woman filed charges against Mugabe, officials from South Africa and Zimbabwe gave conflicting stories on the whereabouts of the first lady.
But on Aug. 19, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperations Maite Nkoana-Mashabane signed a government notice stating that she had “recognized the immunities and privileges of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Dr Grace Mugabe,” citing South Africa’s Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges Act.