South Africa grants legal immunity to Mrs Mugabe

The wife of Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe has returned home from South Africa despite calls for her to be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting a young model at a luxury hotel in Johannesburg.

State broadcaster ZBC said Grace Mugabe returned with her husband to Harare on an Air Zimbabwe flight on Sunday morning.

A ZBC report showed her greeting government and military officials at the Harare airport.

South Africa’s government said on Saturday that it was deciding whether to grant diplomatic immunity to her at the request of the Zimbabwean government.

South African police had issued a“red alert” at bordersto ensure mrs mug abe did not leave undetected and said they were waiting for a government decision on the immunity appeal.

Gabriella Engels, a 20-year-old model, said Zimbabwe’s first lady attacked her on 13 August, whipping her with an extension cord that cut her forehead.